Norse mythology
Otr
Shapeshifter Whose Death Began the Cycle
- Mythology
- Norse mythology
- Parents
- Hreidmar
- Group
- Magic · Shapeshifter · Death
- Appears in
- Otter's Gold and the Curse of Andvari
- Places
- Midgard
Listen to “Otter's Gold and the Curse of Andvari” in the app
Otr is a son of the magician Hreidmar and brother to Regin and Fafnir, a shapeshifter who spends his days as an otter, eating fish with eyes shut beside a waterfall. Loki, traveling with Odin and Hoenir, kills him with a single stone, mistaking him for a beast. Hreidmar demands the otter's skin be filled and covered with gold as weregild. To pay it the gods seize Andvari's hoard and his cursed ring; the curse then drives Fafnir to murder Hreidmar and become a dragon, setting the doom of the Volsungs in motion.
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Real episode from the app
Otter's Gold and the Curse of Andvari
Chapter 1
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Otr?
- Otr is a son of the magician Hreidmar and brother to Regin and Fafnir, a shapeshifter who spends his days as an otter, eating fish with eyes shut beside a waterfall. Loki, traveling with Odin and Hoenir, kills him with a single stone, mistaking him for a beast.
- Which mythology does Otr belong to?
- Otr belongs to Norse mythology.
- Which stories does Otr appear in?
- Otr appears in Otter's Gold and the Curse of Andvari, told as chaptered audio dramas in MythologyNow.
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MythologyNow. (2026). Otr. https://www.mythologynow.app/en/gods/otr"Otr." MythologyNow, 2026, https://www.mythologynow.app/en/gods/otr.MythologyNow. "Otr." Accessed 2026. https://www.mythologynow.app/en/gods/otr.Listen to the stories of Otr
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