Andvarinaut
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| Volsung Cycle |
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| Volsunga saga |
| Poetic Edda |
| Norna-Gests þáttr |
| Artifacts |
| Andvarinaut |
| Gram |
| Dwarves |
| Andvari |
| Hreidmar |
| Otr |
| Regin |
| Dragon |
| Fafnir |
| People |
| Volsung |
| Sigmund |
| Signy |
| Sinfjötli |
| Helgi Hundingsbane |
| Sigurd |
| Brynhild |
| Gudrun |
| Attila |
| Gunnar |
| Locations |
| Gautland |
| Hunaland |
| Related |
| Nibelungenlied |
| Hagbard and Signy |
In Norse mythology, Andvarinaut was a magical ring, first owned by Andvari.
The ring was acquired deceitfully from Andvari by Loki. In revenge, Andvari cursed the ring to bring destruction on its owner.
Loki disposed of it by immediately giving it to King Hreidmar of the dwarves (as a "reparation" since Loki and the other Æsir had killed his son, Otr, inadvertently). Hriedmar's son, Fafnir, then killed him and took the ring. Sigurd then killed Fafnir and gave it to Brünnehilde, who killed herself when he left her.
Some scholars have made speculative claims that Andvarinaut is the origin of the curse of the Hope diamond.
The ring is one of the central items in Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen (in English, The Ring of the Nibelung) and some consider his version of it to have inspired J. R. R. Tolkien's One Ring in the latter's fantasy book The Lord of the Rings, although Tolkien himself disputed this in strong terms: "Both rings were round, and there the resemblance ceases."[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Carpenter, Humphrey and Tolkien, Christopher (eds.) (1981). The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, no. 229. ISBN 0-395-31555-7.
