Also called Andvari the Careful.
Their story
Andvari lived as a pike in the waterfall Andvarafors. Loki caught him with a net borrowed from Rán and forced him to give up all his gold to pay the gods' ransom for killing Otr. Andvari tried to keep one small ring, from which more gold could be made, but Loki took that too. Andvari then laid a curse on the ring and the gold, that it would be the death of whoever owned it, which drove the whole Völsung saga.
Best times to give to them
- by waterfalls
- when parting with money
What they like being given
- fair payment of debts
- respect for waterfalls and rivers
How to honour them
- Reflect on the tale's lesson: what is taken by force carries harm with it.
- Pay what you owe promptly and fairly, and never take more than is freely given.
How they can help you
- understanding the costs of wealth
- fair dealing
Symbols
- a pike
- a waterfall
- the ring Andvaranautr
- Rán's net
Sources
- Poetic Edda, Reginsmál (prose and stanzas 1–5)
- Völsunga saga 14
- Prose Edda, Skáldskaparmál (the otter's ransom)