Hreiðmarr

In

dwarf. He is featured in the Völsunga saga and in Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda.^[1]

Hreiðmarr was the father of

dragon and drove Regin away. Fafnir guarded the treasure until Sigurd, on Regin's instigation, arrived and delivered a fatal blow to the dragon. Regin was then also killed by Sigurd while attempting to murder him for the ring, thus leaving all of Hreiðmarr's family dead.^[2]^[3]

References

^ Volsunga Saga, with Excerpts from the Poetic Edda (translated by William Morris and Eirikr Magnusson)
^ Reginsmál (Heimskringla)
^ The Story Within the Story: Otter's Ransom (Wilfrid Laurier University) Archived 2015-02-14 at the Wayback Machine

Other sources

Byock, Jesse L. (1990) Saga of the Volsungs: The Norse Epic of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer (University of California Press)
ISBN 0-520-23285-2

Orchard, Andy (1997) Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend (Cassell & Co)
ISBN 0-304-34520-2

External links

The Saga of the Volsungs, a summary in English

[1] Volsunga Saga, with Excerpts from the Poetic Edda (translated by William Morris and Eirikr Magnusson)

[2] Reginsmál (Heimskringla)

[3] The Story Within the Story: Otter's Ransom (Wilfrid Laurier University) Archived 2015-02-14 at the Wayback Machine

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v t e The Völsung Cycle
Attestations	Beowulf Heysham hogback Niflung Cycle Norna-Gests þáttr Sigurd stones Skáldskaparmál Volsunga saga
People	Attila Brynhild Granmar Gudrun Gunnar Hogni Helgi Hundingsbane Högne Rerir Siggeir Sigi Sigmund Signy Sigurd Sinfjötli Svanhildr Völsung
Other figures	Andvari Fáfnir Grani Hreiðmarr Odin Ótr Regin
Objects	Andvaranaut Barnstokkr Gram
Related	Þiðrekssaga Hagbard and Signy The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún The Lord of the Rings Nibelungenlied The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs

See also

References

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