Andvarinaut
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| Volsung Cycle |
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| Volsunga saga |
| Poetic Edda |
| Norna-Gests þáttr |
| Skáldskaparmál |
| Artifacts |
| Andvarinaut |
| Gram |
| Dwarves |
| Andvari |
| Hreidmar |
| Ótr |
| Regin |
| Dragon |
| Fafnir |
| People |
| Volsung |
| Sigmund |
| Signy |
| Sinfjötli |
| Helgi Hundingsbane |
| Sigurd |
| Brynhild |
| Gudrun |
| Attila |
| Gunnar |
| Locations |
| Gautland |
| Hunaland |
| Related |
| Nibelungenlied |
| Þiðrekssaga |
| Hagbard and Signy |
In Norse mythology, Andvarinaut ("Andvari's Gift") was a magical ring capable of producing gold, first owned by Andvari.
The mischievous Loki tricked Andvari into giving Andvarinaut to him. In revenge, Andvari cursed the ring to bring destruction to whoever possessed it.
Loki quickly gave Andvarinaut to Hreidmar, King of the Norse dwarves, as a reparation: Loki and the other Æsir had inadvertently killed Hreidmar's son, Ótr. Ótr's brother, Fafnir, then killed Hreidmar and took the ring. Sigurd (Siegfried) later killed Fafnir and gave Andvarinaut to Brynhildr (Brünnehilde). Brynhildr committed suicide when Sigurd left her.
The story of Andvarinaut is one of the central themes of Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung) and may have inspired J. R. R. Tolkien's One Ring in the latter's fantasy trilogy The Lord of the Rings.
