Andvari
The dwarf who owns the hoard and Andvaranaut; when he loses them, he lays a death-curse on the gold.
Overview
Andvari is the beginning of the cursed gold. When he loses hoard and ring, he does not stop the transfer by battle; he sends death along with the treasure by curse.
Key facts
Loses the hoard
Chapter XIV and Reginsmol both remove the hoard from Andvari.
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Relationships
- Lokiforces out hoard
Loki forces Andvari to yield the hoard and ring.
- Andvaranautowns ring
Andvaranaut first belongs to Andvari.
- Cursed Goldcurses
After losing the hoard, Andvari curses the gold so that it brings death.
- Lokiforces out hoard and ring
forces out hoard and ring
- Cursed Goldmakes the gold bring death
makes the gold bring death
Story appearances
- Sigurd and the VolsungsDwarf whose hoard is taken
Andvari curses the gold when he loses hoard and ring.
- Reginsmol: Gold, Sword, and Broken OmensFigure or artifact in Reginsmol
The dwarf who owns the hoard and Andvaranaut; when he loses them, he lays a death-curse on the gold.
Ancient sources
MythWeave distinguishes ancient-source evidence from later adaptations and modern interpretation.
- Anonymous, Volsunga Saga, Chapter XIV, Regin tells of Hreidmar, Otr, Fafnir, Andvari and Andvari's hoard
- Anonymous, Poetic Edda, Reginsmol, Bellows, Otr, Andvari, hoard and curse passages
- Anonymous; translated by Henry Adams Bellows, The Poetic Edda: Reginsmol, Introduction, prose, and stanzas 1–12: Andvari, the ransom gold, Hreithmar’s death, and Regin’s inheritance claim.