Alberich and Andvari are the same treasure-guarding dwarf figure diverged across the Middle High German and Old Norse branches of the common Proto-Germanic Nibelung legend.
Andvaranaut was the dwarf Andvari's most prized possession, a ring that could multiply gold without end. When Loki stripped it from him as the last piece of his hoard, Andvari laid a curse upon it — the ring would bring ruin and death to all who possessed it.
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