Hreiðmarr

In Norse mythology Hreidmar was the greedy king and a magician dwarf or giant people. Father of the brothers Fafnir, Otr and Reginn and sisters Lyngheid and Lofnheid.

Hreidmar sat with the help of his sons, the Aesir Odin, and Loki Honir, after the murder of Otr, caught with unbreakable chains. This had him as wergild the gold treasure of Andwari itemizing.

Fafnir killed his father because of the treasure on which lay the curse of Andwari.

As he was dying he asks his daughter lying on Lyngheid to ensure that she gives birth to a daughter, whose son was to avenge his murder.

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