Draupnir

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Draupnir

Draupnir is a golden arm ring

Arm ring

An arm ring, also known as an armlet or an armband, is a band of metal, usually a precious metal, worn as an ornament around the biceps of the upper arm....
possessed by Odin

Odin

Odin , is considered the chief ?sir in Norse paganism. Homologous with the Anglo-Saxons Woden and the Old High German Wotan, it is descended from Proto-Germanic *Wodanaz or *Wodanaz....
, the highest god

Æsir

In Old Norse, ?ss is the term denoting a member of the principal groups of gods of the List of Norse gods of Norse paganism. They include many of the major figures, such as Odin, Frigg, Thor, Baldr and Tyr....
in Norse mythology

Norse mythology

Norse, Viking or Scandinavian mythology comprises the beliefs, myths and legends of the Norse paganism of the North Germanic language people, including those who settled on Faroe Islands and Iceland, where most of the written sources for Norse mythology were assembled....
. The ring was a source of endless wealth, since each ninth morning it had spawned eight more gold rings just like itself. Draupnir was forged by the dwarven

Norse dwarves

Dvergar or Norse dwarves are highly significant entities in Norse mythology, who associate with stones, the underground, deathliness, luck, magic, and technology, especially forging....
brothers Brokkr and Eitri

Eitri

In Norse mythology, Eitri is a Norse dwarves and the brother of Brokkr.According to Sk?ldskaparm?l, when Loki had Sif's hair, Freyr's ship Skidbladnir and Odin's spear Gungni fashioned by the Sons of Ivaldi, he bet his own head with Brokkr that Eitri wouldn't have been able to make items that matched the craftsmanship of those mentione...
(or Sindri). Its name means Dripper in English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
. Brokkr and Eitri made this ring as one of a set of three gifts which included Mjöllnir and Gullinbursti

Gullinbursti

Gullinbursti is a boar in Norse mythology.When Loki had Sif's hair, Freyr's ship Sk??bla?nir and Odin's spear Gungnir fashioned by the Sons of Ivaldi, he bet his own head with Brokkr that his brother Eitri wouldn't have been able to make items to match the quality of those mentioned above....
. They made these gifts in accordance with a wager Loki

Loki

File:Loke og Sigyn by Eckersberg.jpgIn Norse mythology, Loki is a ?ss or j?tunn . Loki's relation with the gods varies by source. Loki assists the gods, and sometimes causes problems for them....
made saying that Brokk and Eitri could not make better gifts than the three made by the Sons of Ivaldi

Sons of Ivaldi

In Norse mythology, the Sons of Ivaldi are a group of Norse dwarves or dark-elves [d?kkalfar], who fashion Skidbladnir, the ship of Freyr, and the Gungnir, the spear of Odin, as well as golden hair for Sif to replace what Loki had cut off....
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Draupnir is a golden arm ring

Arm ring

An arm ring, also known as an armlet or an armband, is a band of metal, usually a precious metal, worn as an ornament around the biceps of the upper arm....
possessed by Odin

Odin

Æsir

Norse mythology

Norse dwarves

Eitri

English language

Gullinbursti

Loki

Sons of Ivaldi

Thor

Thor is the red-haired and bearded god of thunder in Germanic mythology and Germanic paganism, and its subsets: Norse paganism, Anglo-Saxon paganism and Continental Germanic mythology....
's hammer

War hammer

A war hammer is a late medieval weapon of war intended for close combat action, the design of which resembles the hammer.The war hammer consists of a handle and a head....
, won the contest for Brokkr and Eitri. Loki used a loophole

Loophole

A loophole is a weakness that allows a system to be circumvented. The term loophole could also refer to:* Embrasure, a slit in a castle wall* Loophole , a short science fiction story by Arthur C....
to get out of the wager for his head and Brokk punished him by sealing his lips shut with wire.

The ring was placed by Odin on the funeral pyre of his son Baldr:

Odin laid upon the pyre the gold ring called Draupnir; this quality attended it: that every ninth night there fell from it eight gold rings of equal weight. (from the Gylfaginning
Gylfaginning

Gylfaginning, or the Tricking of Gylfi , is the first part of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda after Prologue . The Gylfaginning deals with the creation and destruction of the world of the Norse gods, and many other aspects of Norse mythology....
).

The ring was subsequently retrieved by Hermóðr

Hermóðr

Herm??r the Brave is a figure in Norse mythology....
. It was offered as a gift by Freyr

Freyr

Freyr is one of the most important gods of Norse paganism. Freyr was highly associated with agriculture, weather and, as a phallus fertility god, Freyr "bestows peace and pleasure on mortals"....
's servant Skírnir

Skirnir

In Norse mythology, Sk?rnir is the god Freyr's messenger and vassal. In the Poetic Edda poem Sk?rnism?l, Sk?rnir is sent as a messenger to J?tunheimr to conduct Freyr's wooing of the fair Ger?r on condition of being given Freyr's sword as a reward....
in the wooing of Gerd

Gerd

Ger?r is a j?tunn in Norse Mythology most well known as the wife of the Norse Mythology god Freyr. Her brilliant, naked arms illuminate air and sea....
, which is described in the poem Skírnismál
Skírnismál

Sk?rnism?l is one of the poems of the Poetic Edda. It is preserved in the 13th century manuscripts Codex Regius and AM 748 I 4to but may have been originally composed in Norse paganism times....
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