Loki
8 ‘What fish have I found
in the flood leaping,
rashly roaming?
Ransom pay me!’
Andvari
‘I am Andvari.
Óin begot me
to grievous fate.
Gold I bid thee!’
Loki
9 ‘What hides thy hand
thus hollow bending?’
Andvari
‘The ring is little –
let it rest with me!’
Loki
‘All, Andvari,
all shalt render,
light rings and heavy,
or life itself!’
(The Dwarf spake darkly from his delvéd stone:) Andvari
10 ‘My ring I will curse
with ruth and woe!
Bane it bringeth
to brethren two;
seven princes slays;
swords it kindles –
end untimely
of Ódin’s hope.’
{J.R.R. Tolkien, The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún, Andvari by Yaojen Chang on ArtStation}
-Ancalagon
