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	Hreidmar \| English \| Dictionary & Translation by Babylon
		In Norse mythology, Hreidmar was the avaricious king of the dwarf folk, who captured three gods with his unbreakable chains.
		After Otr was accidentally killed by Loki, the Æsir repayed Hreidmar with Andvari's gold and the cursed ring Andvarinaut.
		Fafnir and Regin killed Hreidmar for the ring.
	www.babylon.com /definition/Hreidmar (107 words)

	Northvegr - Prose Edda - Anderson Trans.
		But when Hreidmar saw the otter he called his sons, Fafner and Regin, and said that Otter, their brother, was slain, and also told who had done it.
		Hreidmar took the otter-belg and said to them they should fill the belg with red gold, and then cover it with the same metal, and when this was done they should be set free.
		Hreidmar accepted the gold as a ransom for his son, but Fafner and Regin demanded their share of it as a ransom for their brother.
	www.northvegr.org /lore/prose2/029.php (2832 words)

	Sigurdarkhvitha Fafnisbana Onnur
		Regin, Hreidmar=s son, was then come to Hiálprek; he was the most skilful of men, and a dwarf in stature; he was wise, cruel, and versed in magic.
		They then had to heap up the gold and cover it; but when that was done, Hreidmar, stepping forward, observed a whisker, and required it to be covered; whereupon Odin drew forth the ring "Andvara-naut", and covered the hair.
		Fafnir and Regin demanded of Hreidmar their share of the blood-fine for their slain brother Otr, which he refused, and Fafnir stabbed his father with a sword while sleeping.
	www.cybersamurai.net /Mythology/nordic_gods/Edda/PoeticEdda/LaysoftheHeroes/SigurdarkvithaFafnisbanaOnnur.htm (623 words)

	Sigurd - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Regin's father was Hreidmar, and his brothers were Fafnir and Otr.
		They took the carcass to the nearby home of Hreidmar to display their catch.
		Hreidmar, Fafnir, and Regin seized the Aesir and demanded compensation for the death of Otr.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sigurd (1202 words)

	Encyclopedia: Sigurd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In Norse mythology, Regin was the son of Hreidmar and foster father of Sigurd.
		The Ramsund carving of Sigurd and the passages from the Volsunga saga The Ramsund carving also known as the Sigurd carving is a runic carving with the official name Södermanlands runinskrifter 101.
		The gram or gramme, symbol g, is a unit of mass, and is defined in the SI system of units as one one-thousandth of a kilogram (i.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Sigurd (2472 words)

	WiccanWeb.ca
		By Iceland's skalds was it sung to harp music in other days, and warriors loved to hear it in the feasting hall as they drank mead, while the log fire reddened their faces and the night wind bellowed through the gloom.
		Now Hreidmar had demanded of the gods that ne should receive as ransom for his son's death as much gold as would cover the otter skin.
		But Hreidmar perceived that a single whisker hair of the otter stood bare, and he demanded that it should be covered.
	www.wiccanweb.ca /print-2349.html (2933 words)

	Hreidmar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Norse mythology, Hreidmar was the avaricious king of the dwarf folk, who captured three gods with his unbreakable chains.
		After Otr was accidentally killed by Loki, the Aesir repayed Hreidmar with Andvari's gold and the cursed ring Andvarinaut.
		Fafnir and Regin killed Hreidmar for the ring.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hreidmar (115 words)

	The Art of Sigurd
		Hreidmar examina attentivement le tas, aperçut l'une des moustaches de la loutre et dit qu'il fallait la recouvrir, faute de quoi leur réconciliation ne pourrait être obtenue.
		Hreidmar s'appropria alors le trésor à titre de compensation pour la perte de son fils, mais Fafnir et Regin en réclamèrent une part pour compenser la perte de leur frère.
		Hreidmar ne voulut pas leur céder la moindre once d'or, aussi les deux frères prirent-ils le parti de tuer leur père pour obtenir son or.
	gadu-online.forumactif.com /sutra3187.htm (927 words)

	Hreidmar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		When Hreidmar saw the body of his son Otter, he called his other sons, Fafnir and Regin, and they took the gods prisoner.
		Loki told Hreidmar that a curse had been attached to the ring, and Hreidmar declared that if he had known about the curse, he would not have agreed to accept the transaction.
		Fafnir waited until Hreidmar was asleep, then murdered him with a sword, continuing to fulfill the curse that had been put on the ring.
	home.flash.net /~runhild/runes/hreidmar.html (336 words)

	Dragon Mythology - Fafnir
		In Norse mythology, the king of the dwarf folk was Hreidmar who had three sons; Fafnir, the eldest, was gifted with bravery and strength, the second was Otter who was able to change his shape at will, and the third Reign, who was wise and cunning (Guerber, 1909).
		On arriving at Hreidmar's house, Loki was crestfallen as every item of Andvari's treasure he placed on the otter skin made the skin grow further, until finally he threw in the cursed ring.
		Hreidmar became obsessed with his posessions, and Fafnir became greedy, eventually slaying his father for the gold.
	dragontalk.net /index.php?topic=2479.0 (700 words)

	Fafnir - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Norse mythology, Fafnir was a son of the dwarf king Hreidmar and brother of Regin and Otr.
		After Otr was killed by Loki, Hreidmar received the cursed gold of Andvari's as repayment for the loss of his son.
		Fafnir and Regin then killed their father to get the gold, but Fafnir decided he wanted it all, turning into a dragon (symbol of greed).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fafner (177 words)

	Regin
		In Norse mythology, Regin was the son of Hreidmar and foster father of Sigurd.
		Regin and his brother, Fafnir, killed Hreidmar for the cursed gold he had received from the gods after they killed his other son, Otter.
		Fafnir, however, turned into a dragon because he wanted to keep all of the gold (dragons frequently symbolize greed in European folklore).
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/re/Regin.html (153 words)

	Sequentia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		They show the otter's skin to King Hreidmar, their host for the night, only to discover that the otter was the king's son, transformed to catch fish.
		Hreidmar vows to kill the gods unless they cover the otter's skin, inside and out, with gold.
		King Hreidmar refuses to share the gold with his two remaining sons, Fafnir and Regin.
	www.sequentia.org /projects.html (3089 words)

	Xenogears: God and Mind >> Encyclopaedia
		Regin's father Hreidmar had first acquired this treasure, which once belonged to the dwarf Andvari.
		To get their hands on the gold Regin and his brother Fafnir had then killed Hreidmar, but Fafnir wanted the treasure for himself and turned into a dragon to guard it.
		Regin wished to possess the treasure which his brother guarded, and to this end forged a great sword for Sigurd, but it broke the first time it was tested, and Sigurd had his father's sword reassembled and re-forged, and Gram stood every test.
	www.xgam.org /xenogears/encyclopaedia/index.php?topic=sigurd (241 words)

	Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Odhinn, Honir, and Loki go to seek lodgings for the night from Hreidmar and his daughters, Lungheid and Lofnheid, and their brothers, Fafnir and Regan, offering up what they have caught for supper.
		In recompense for his son's life, Hreidmar demands that gold be brought that will fill Otter's pelt, and cover it entirely.
		Skadi was the daughter of the etin Thiatsi, and called by various other appellations such as the "snowshoe Goddess," or "ski Goddess." When her father was killed, Skadi demanded that reparation be made to her by the Gods in the form of a husband and being made to laugh.
	loki.ragnarokr.com /Perspective/otter.html (526 words)

	Jani Salonen \| Mytologia, Andvari (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		First of all, Hreidmar chanted a spell to weaken his guests and then his two surviving sons, Fafnir and Regin, bound them hand and foot.
		Loki was allowed by Hreidmar to seek his great treasure, while Odin and Honir (in some versions just Honir) remained at the farm as hostages.
		Indeed, Hreidmar was soon after killed by his son Fafnir, who then ran away with the cursed treasure.
	koti.kontu.la /jsalonen/jani/main_myth_004.html (474 words)

	Hreidmar -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In (The mythology of Scandinavia (shared in part by Britain and Germany) until the establishment of Christianity) Norse mythology, Hreidmar was the avaricious king of the (A person who is abnormally small) dwarf folk, who captured three gods with his unbreakable chains.
		He was father of ((Norse mythology) the Norse dragon that guarded a treasure and was slain by Sigurd) Fafnir, (Click link for more info and facts about Otr) Otr and (Click link for more info and facts about Regin) Regin.
		Fafnir decided he wanted Andvarinaut for himself, so he turned into a (A creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings) dragon and drove Regin away.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/H/Hr/Hreidmar.htm (142 words)

	The Nibelungenlied eBook
		Hreidmar recognizes it as that of his son, whom Loki has killed when he had taken on the form of an otter.
		Assisted by his sons Fafnir and Regin, Hreidmar seizes the three gods, and spares their lives only on the promise that they will fill the skin, and also cover it outwardly, with gold.
		When Hreidmar refuses Fafnir and Regin a share in the treasure, he is killed by Fafnir, who takes possession of the hoard to the exclusion of Regin.
	www.bookrags.com /ebooks/7321/3.html (610 words)

	AngloSaxon
		But when Hreidmar saw the otter, he called his sons Fafnir and Regin and said that Otter, their brother, had been killed, and told them who had done it.
		Hreidmar looked at it and considered it carefully and saw a whisker, and bad him cover that, also, or else their atonement were at an end.
		Fafnir had then taken the helmet which Hreidmar had owned, which was called the Helmet of Awe and which all living things feared that saw it, and set it upon his head, and he took the sword which is called Hrotti.
	www.divinepageant.com /AngloSaxon.htm (8902 words)

	Otter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Otter (also spelled Otr), in Norse mythology, a son of Hreidmar (Rodmar), and brother of Regin and Fafnir.
		Otter was skinned, and Hreidmar told the gods that he would only free them if they would fill the skin entirely, inside and out, with gold.
		When the otter skin had been both filled and covered with gold, Hreidmar examined it closely: he declared that one whisker still showed, and unless it was covered, he would not let the gods go.
	home.flash.net /~runhild/runes/otter.html (348 words)

	The Children of Odin: Part II. Odin the Wanderer: 8. The Dwarfs Hoard, and the Curse that it Brought
		As Hreidmar said this two young men bearing the forehammers of the smithies came in followed by the thralls.
		Then Hreidmar cried out, "No one may be here but these two kings and I while we measure out the gold and gems and see whether the recompense be sufficient.
		And still old Hreidmar on his hands and knees was peering over the skin, searching, searching for a hair that was not covered.
	www.sacred-texts.com /neu/ice/coo/coo18.htm (3125 words)

	The Nibelungenlied - I. The Nibelungen Saga (By George Henry Needler, Translator)
		Hreidmar recognizes it as that of his son, whom Loki has killed when he had taken on the form of an otter.
		Assisted by his sons Fafnir and Regin, Hreidmar seizes the three gods, and spares their lives only on the promise that they will fill the skin, and also cover it outwardly, with gold.
		When Hreidmar refuses Fafnir and Regin a share in the treasure, he is killed by Fafnir, who takes possession of the hoard to the exclusion of Regin.
	www.authorama.com /nibelungenlied-2.html (5390 words)

	Other Norse Characters
		Fafnir was the son of Hreidmar and brother of Otter and Regin.
		Hreidmar told them that he would only released the two other gods, if Loki can pay a ransom for the gods' freedom.
		In the Icelandic legend, Regin was the son of Hreidmar and brother of Fafnir and Otter.
	www.timelessmyths.com /norse/norseminor.html (2740 words)

	Jani Salonen \| Mytologia, Hreidmar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		When Otter, who was a shape-changer, was killed accidentally by Loki, Hreidmar demanded to he compensated and told Loki to obtain enough gold to cover Otter's flayed skin, inside and out.
		Hreidmar was so pleased with the gold that he did not worry about the curse.
		But his second son, Fafnir, came to covet the treasure and killed him for it.
	koti.kontu.la /jsalonen/jani/main_myth_046.html (121 words)

	Sigurd - Wikipedia Mirror
		Regin's father was Hreidmar, and his brothers were Fafnir and Ótr.
		They took the carcass to the nearby home of Hreidmar to display their catch.
		Hreidmar, Fafnir, and Regin seized the Æsir and demanded compensation for the death of Otr.
	www.wiki-mirror.be /index.php/Sigurd (1189 words)

	Sigurd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Regin's father was Hreidmar, and his brothers wereFafnir and Otr.
		Hreidmar, Fafnir, and Regin seized theAesir and demanded compensation for the death of Otr.
		Sigurd was the foster son of Regin, who sent the young Sigurd to retrieve a fortune in gold that Regin's father, Hreidmar, acquiredfrom Andvari.
	www.therfcc.org /sigurd-111777.html (1165 words)

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