Hreiðmarr
Norse · numen · mythic prehistoric · Recorded classification
Everything in the Völsung cycle that this registry already held — Sigurd's death, Brynhildr on the pyre, Gudrún feeding her children to their father, Jǫrmunrekkr, Svanhild under the horses — proceeds from a bag of gold this man demanded as compensation for an otter. He is the first link and he was not in the corpus.
Children
Domains
- greed
Relations
- father of: FáfnirThe son who killed him.Reference treatment of Hreidmar's three sons, Regin, Otr and Fáfnir. (secondary)
- father of: ReginReference treatment of Regin as Hreidmar's son. (secondary)
- father of: ÓtrThe son whose skin set the price.Reference treatment of Otr as Hreidmar's son, killed in otter shape by Odin, Loki and Hœnir. (secondary)
- killed by: FáfnirReference treatment: Fafnir murdered his father and took the whole treasure. (secondary)
Sources
- Hreiðmarr is the father of Regin, Ótr and Fáfnir, who imprisoned Odin, Loki and Hœnir for killing Ótr and demanded the otter's skin be filled and covered with gold, and who was murdered by Fáfnir for refusing to share it.: Reference treatments of Hreiðmarr, the otter's ransom and the Völsunga saga. (secondary)