Artifacts & Treasures
Mjölnir, Gungnir, Gleipnir — the dwarf-forged treasures that arm and doom the gods.
Mjölnir
Thor's hammerThe hammer of Thor, forged by the dwarves Brokkr and Sindri: it never misses, always returns to the thrower's hand, and was the most-worn amulet of the Viking Age.
Gungnir
Odin's spearThe spear of Odin, forged by the sons of Ivaldi: it never stops in its thrust, and oaths sworn on its point are unbreakable.
Draupnir
Odin's gold ringOdin's arm-ring, forged by Brokkr and Sindri: every ninth night it drips eight new rings of equal weight — wealth that multiplies itself.
Gleipnir
The binding of FenrirThe dwarven ribbon, smooth as silk and stronger than any chain, forged from six impossible things to bind the wolf Fenrir until Ragnarök.
Brísingamen
Freyja's necklaceThe shining necklace of Freyja, forged by four dwarves — the most famous treasure of the goddesses, once stolen by Loki and recovered by Heimdallr.
Skíðblaðnir
Freyr's shipThe best of ships: big enough for all the gods with weapons and war-gear, always finding fair wind, and folding up like cloth to fit in a pouch.
Gjallarhorn
Heimdallr's hornThe 'Resounding Horn' of Heimdallr, kept beneath Yggdrasil — its single great blast, heard in every world, is the signal that Ragnarök has begun.
Naglfar
The ship of dead men's nailsThe largest ship in the cosmos, built from the untrimmed fingernails of the dead — it sails against the gods at Ragnarök, and trimming corpses' nails delays its launch.
Hringhorni
Baldr's funeral ship'Ring-prowed', the greatest of all ships — Baldr's vessel, which became his pyre, launched by a giantess when all the gods together could not move it.
Megingjörð
Thor's belt of strengthThe girdle that doubles Thor's divine strength when he buckles it on — one third of the thunder-god's standard kit with the hammer and iron gloves.
Járngreipr
Thor's iron glovesThe iron gauntlets Thor must wear to grip Mjölnir's shaft — and with which he once caught a glowing iron bolt out of the air and threw it back through a giant.
Andvaranaut
The cursed ring of the VölsungsThe gold-breeding ring Loki stripped from the dwarf Andvari, cursed to destroy every owner — engine of the whole Völsung tragedy, and ancestor of Tolkien's One Ring.
GramGramr
The sword of SigurðrThe sword Odin drove into a tree for one man to draw, shattered against the god's own spear, and reforged for Sigurðr — who split the anvil testing it and killed the dragon with it.
TyrfingTyrfingr
The cursed sword that cannot be sheathed unbloodiedThe golden-hilted sword two dwarves forged under duress and cursed: it never rusts, never misses — and must kill a man every time it is drawn, three great evils before its end.
The Falcon CloakValshamr
Freyja's feather-skin of flightFreyja's falcon-feather cloak, which turns its wearer into a falcon — the gods' only aircraft, forever being borrowed by Loki for emergencies he caused.
MistletoeMistilteinn
The weapon that killed BaldrThe one thing in creation too young to swear the oath — cut by Loki, thrown by a blind hand, and the death of the shining god. The kissing plant has a body count.