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{{Short description|Norse mythical character}}
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[[Image:U 1163, Drävle (Andvari).JPG|thumb|right|200px|This part of the [[Drävle Runestone]] is held to depict Andvari.]]
In [[Norse mythology]], '''Andvari''' ([[First Grammatical Treatise|12th c.]] [[Old Norse]]: {{IPA|non|ˈɑndˌwɑre|}}; "careful one"<ref>{{cite book |last=Orchard |first=Andy |author-link=Andy Orchard |year=1997 |title=Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend |publisher=[[Cassell (publisher)|Cassell]] |isbn=0-304-34520-2 |page=7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uIujQgAACAAJ}}</ref>) is a [[Norse dwarves|dwarf]] who lives underneath a [[waterfall]] and has the power to change himself into a [[esox|pike]] (gedda) at will. 

Andvari had a magical ring [[Andvaranaut]], which helped him become wealthy. Using a net provided by [[Ran (mythology)|Ran]], [[Loki]] catches him as a [[Pike (fish)|pike]] and forces him to give up his [[gold]] and Andvaranaut. Andvari cursed the stolen gold which would destroy anyone who possessed it. After the deaths of [[Brynhild]] and [[Sigurd]], [[Gunther|Gunnar]] left Andvari's gold in a cave. Years later, Andvari discovered the cave and his lost gold, although his ring was lost forever.

In [[Richard Wagner]]'s cycle of [[music drama]]s, ''[[Der Ring des Nibelungen]]'', the character [[Alberich]] is a combination of Andvari and the character of Alberich from the [[Nibelungenlied]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Weiner |first=Marc A. |title=Richard Wagner and the Anti-Semitic Imagination |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pXIXkG3D8cUC&pg=PA94 |publisher=[[U of Nebraska Press]] |year=1997 |page=94 |isbn=9780803297920}}</ref>

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