Editing Andvaranaut

{{Short description|Magic ring in Norse mythology}}
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[[File:U1163 Drävle - KMB - 16000300012808.jpg|thumb|Andvaranaut to the left of the picture being held either by Andvari or [[Attila]]'s messenger Vingi. On the top of the picture is [[Sigurd]]/Siegfried slaying [[Fafnir]], and to the right is [[Sigrdrífumál|Sigrdrífa]]/[[Brunhild]] offering him a [[drinking horn]]. On the early 11th c. [[Sigurd stones#U 1163|Drävle runestone]].<ref name="raa">[https://www.raa.se/runinskrifter/sri_uppland_b09_h03_text_1.pdf Wessén, Elias; Sven B.F. Jansson (1953-1958). Sveriges runinskrifter: IX. Upplands runinskrifter del 4. Stockholm: Kungl. Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien. ISSN 0562-8016. p. 621-631]</ref>]]
In [[Norse mythology]], '''''Andvaranaut''''' ([[First Grammatical Treatise|12th c.]] [[Old Norse]]: {{IPA|non|ˈɑndˌwɑrɑˌnɔut|}}), meaning ''Andvari's Gem'' ("Andvari's precious possession"), is a [[magic ring]], initially owned by [[Andvari]], that could help with finding sources of gold.{{cn|date=September 2023}}

The [[trickster|mischievous]] god [[Loki]] stole Andvari's treasure and the ring. In revenge, Andvari cursed the ring to bring misfortune and destruction to whoever possessed it. Loki quickly gave the cursed Andvaranaut to [[Hreidmar]], King of the [[Norse dwarf|Dwarves]], as [[Reparation (legal)|reparation]] for having inadvertently killed Hreidmar's son, [[Ótr]]. Ótr's brother, [[Fafnir]], then murdered Hreidmar and took the ring, turning into a [[Germanic dragon|dragon]] to guard it. [[Sigurd]] (Siegfried) later killed Fafnir and gave Andvaranaut to [[Brunhild|Brynhildr]] (Brünnehilde). Queen [[Grimhild]] of the [[Nibelung]]s then manipulated Sigurd and Brynhildr into marrying her children, bringing Andvaranaut's curse into her family.{{cn|date=September 2021}}

== Literary references ==

[[Richard Wagner]] used Andvaranaut as inspiration for the title of his musical drama ''[[Der Ring des Nibelungen]]''. [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] may have been inspired by Andvaranaut when designing the [[One Ring]], both by making the One Ring cursed and by making one of its aspects to allow the wearer to find the other [[Rings of Power]], knowing the location of the wearer of each of the Rings of Power, so that the wearer of the One Ring could control these Ringbearers.

== See also ==
* [[Rings in early Germanic cultures]]

== References ==
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