I was reading a book about the Boxer Rebellion. (The one that occurred in China in the late 19th century—not one by uppity underpants, or gitch as we call them in Canada.)
Anyhow, I was intrigued to discover that eunuchs in the imperial court kept their severed parts in a jar for the rest of their lives. Apparently they would refer to them as their precious.
All of which makes me understand why Gollum couldn’t bear to be parted from his precious.–All of which is simplty a pointless mundane thought
Freud would be proud of you.