Regin Fanirsbruder was a dwarf in Germanic myth. He was the foster father of Siegfried and the brother of Fafnir. Fafnir and Regin killed their father, Hreidmar for the cursed gold he had received from the gods. Fafnir, however, turned into a dragon because he wanted to keep all of the gold and drove Regin away from the gold. Regin lived among men, teaching them how to sow, reap, work metals, sail seas, tame horses, yoke beasts of burden, build houses, spin, weave, and sew.
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| - Regin Fanirsbruder was a dwarf in Germanic myth. He was the foster father of Siegfried and the brother of Fafnir. Fafnir and Regin killed their father, Hreidmar for the cursed gold he had received from the gods. Fafnir, however, turned into a dragon because he wanted to keep all of the gold and drove Regin away from the gold. Regin lived among men, teaching them how to sow, reap, work metals, sail seas, tame horses, yoke beasts of burden, build houses, spin, weave, and sew.
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- Alive at end of Turtledove story
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| - "The Catcher in the Rhine"
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| - Regin Fanirsbruder was a dwarf in Germanic myth. He was the foster father of Siegfried and the brother of Fafnir. Fafnir and Regin killed their father, Hreidmar for the cursed gold he had received from the gods. Fafnir, however, turned into a dragon because he wanted to keep all of the gold and drove Regin away from the gold. Regin lived among men, teaching them how to sow, reap, work metals, sail seas, tame horses, yoke beasts of burden, build houses, spin, weave, and sew.
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