Otter

Also known as: Otr · Role: brother · First appears: Elder Edda · The Second Lay of Sigurd Fafnicide

In the Second Lay of Sigurd Fafnicide, Regin recounts that his brother Otr was eating a salmon on the riverbank when Loki killed him with a stone. Fafnir and Regin later demanded their share of the blood-fine for their slain brother.

In the Poetical Diction, Hreidmar identifies Otter as his son and demands ransom from the asas.

Relationship record

Life events

• In Regin's account to Sigurd, Loki killed Otr while Otr ate a salmon on the riverbank.(Elder Edda · The Second Lay of Sigurd Fafnicide · 📍 Andvarafors)
  • With: Loki
  • “He had caught a salmon, and was sitting on the bank of the river with his eyes shut eating it, when Loki killed him with a stone.”
• Loke killed Otter, and Hreidmar identified him as his son and demanded ransom from the asas.(Younger Edda · Poetical Diction · The Niflungs and Gjukungs · Part 1)
  • With: Loki Hreidmar
  • “Loke picked up a stone, threw it at the otter and hit him in the head.”

Elder Edda · The Second Lay of Sigurd Fafnicide

• siblings with Regin “Our brother,” continued Regin, “was named Otr,”
• siblings with Fafnir “Fafnir and Regin demanded of Hreidmar their share of the blood-fine for their slain brother Otr,”
• enemies with Loki “He had caught a salmon, and was sitting on the bank of the river with his eyes shut eating it, when Loki killed him with a stone.”

Younger Edda · Poetical Diction · The Niflungs and Gjukungs · Part 1

• parent: Hreidmar “Then the father and the sons attacked the asas, seized them and bound them, and then said, in reference to the otter, that he was Hreidmar’s son.”
• siblings with Fafnir “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.”
• siblings with Regin “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.”
• enemies with Loki “Loke picked up a stone, threw it at the otter and hit him in the head.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Eddas. Made with Rho MD.