Draupnir

Draupnir ( old Norse Draupnir , the dripper ') is Odin's magic ring in Norse mythology , from which eight rings of equal weight drip off every ninth night. The dwarf Sindri created it together with his brother Brokkr . The ring was forged by the two together with Freyr's golden boar , Gullinborsti , and Thor's hammer , Mjölnir , on the occasion of a bet Loki and the dwarves described in the younger Edda in the Skáldskaparmál .

Draupnir is a symbol of wealth and abundance, but also of recurring fertility. Odin threw the ring into the funeral fire of his son Balder , Hermod brought the ring back to Odin from his underworld trip to Hel .

literature

• Hans Peter Naumann :  Draupnir. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 6, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1986, ISBN 3-11-010468-7 , pp. 152-154. (on-line)
• Rudolf Simek : Lexicon of Germanic Mythology (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 368). 3rd, completely revised edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-520-36803-X .

Web links

Wikisource: The Edda (Simrock 1876) / Snorra-Edda / Gylfaginnîng  - Sources and full texts

Wikisource: The Edda (Simrock 1876) / Snorra-Edda / From the Skalda  - Sources and full texts