Otter
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in Germanic mythology, was the son of the magician-farmer Hreidmar. When the fire god Loki killed him by mistake, for he had taken the shape of an otter, Hreidmar demanded compensation. The otter's flayed skin was to be covered inside and out with gold. Loki succeeded in taking as much gold as he needed from the dwarf Andvari, and insisted that he also be given a ring which Andvari tried to conceal. Andvari cursed both the ring and the gold, saying that whoever owned them would be destroyed by them. Loki put the ring on his own finger and returned to Hreidmar with the gold. There was enough to cover the whole skin, except for one whisker; so Loki was compelled to hand over the ring as well, and the curse passed to Hreidmar.