Norse Pantheonjewelry
Draupnir
- Gold Multiplication
- Wealth Generation
- Symbolic Authority
Odin's magical gold ring that multiplies itself every ninth night, producing eight identical rings of equal weight and beauty. It represents endless wealth and regeneration.
About Draupnir
Ring that drips eight more
Brokkr and Eitri make Draupnir in the same wager that produces Mjöllnir: every ninth night it drips eight rings of equal weight (Skáldskaparmál). Odin lays it on Baldr's pyre; Hermóðr brings it back from Hel as a token that the errand reached the dead (Gylfaginning). It is multiplying gold, a king's ring, not a weapon. Skaldic gift-gold sits behind the image. There is no cult of Draupnir; Snorri lists it among dwarf-work and funeral gear.
Origin
Forged by the dwarf brothers Sindri and Brokkr alongside Mjolnir and Gullinbursti.
Sources and further reading
Source notes
These references are recorded in the catalog. Their passage wording and translation have not been checked, so quotations are not displayed here.
- Prose Edda, Skáldskaparmál
- Prose Edda, Gylfaginning (death of Baldr)
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