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Rh ANDVARE'S GOLDEN RING. Odin and Loke set out to explore the whole world.

As they traveled they came to a stream by which sat an otter eating a fish. Loke threw a stone and killed the otter.

Taking the otter and the fish, they went on until they came to a farmhouse. There they asked to stay until morning. They showed the fish and the otter and said they would need no other food.

The farmer saw that Loke had killed his son, who often changed himself into an otter when he wanted to fish. He said nothing about it, but went out and told his two sons, Regin and Fafner.

When the skin had been taken off the otter, the two sons came in. They and their father overcame the gods and bound them.

Odin offered to pay a ransom. The farmer demanded enough gold to fill the otter skin and cover it.

So Odin sent Loke to the dwarf, Andvare, who