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− | Also spelled Andvaranaut, Andvarinaut, it was a cursed ring in Norse mythology. The trickster god Loki stole the ring from Andvari. As a result, Andvari cursed it to bring pain, bad luck and suffering to all who beheld it. Loki gave it to King Hreidmar. [[Fafnir]] killed Hreidmar and took the ring. It is the Ring in Richard Wagner's famous opera ''Der Ring |
+ | Also spelled Andvaranaut, Andvarinaut, it was a cursed ring in Norse mythology. The trickster god Loki stole the ring from Andvari. As a result, Andvari cursed it to bring pain, bad luck and suffering to all who beheld it. Loki gave it to King Hreidmar. [[Fafnir]] killed Hreidmar and took the ring. It is the Ring in Richard Wagner's famous opera ''Der Ring der Nibelungen'', a story which depicts the creation of the ring and everyone who wore it and all the misfortune and harm which befell those. The story of this ring was the inspiration for the One Ring in J.R.R. Tolkein's epic, ''The Lord of the Rings''. |
Revision as of 13:19, 3 April 2007
StatisticsAndvaranauts |
Other UsesGuild Points Value: None
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Synthesis RecipeNone |
Used in Recipe
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Desynthesis RecipeNone |
Obtained from Desynthesis
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How to Obtain
Not Auctionable!
Dropped From
Name Level Zone Fafnir 88-90 Dragon's Aery
Historical Background
Also spelled Andvaranaut, Andvarinaut, it was a cursed ring in Norse mythology. The trickster god Loki stole the ring from Andvari. As a result, Andvari cursed it to bring pain, bad luck and suffering to all who beheld it. Loki gave it to King Hreidmar. Fafnir killed Hreidmar and took the ring. It is the Ring in Richard Wagner's famous opera Der Ring der Nibelungen, a story which depicts the creation of the ring and everyone who wore it and all the misfortune and harm which befell those. The story of this ring was the inspiration for the One Ring in J.R.R. Tolkein's epic, The Lord of the Rings.