Editing Regin Fafnirsbruder

{{Stack begin}}{{Infobox Character From Norse Mythology
| name=Regin Fafnirsbruder
| image=Regin.jpg
|first = Norse/{{Germans|[[German]]}} Mythology
|species = [[Dwarf]]
|parents = Hreiðmarr (father)
|children = [[Siegfried]] (foster son)
|family = Fafnir (brother)
|religion={{Polytheists}} Norse polytheism
|occupation={{Construction|Builder}}, {{Farmer|farmer}}, {{Metalsmith|[[gold]]- and [[silver]] smith}}, {{Sailors|sailor}}
|cause of death = {{DeathbyDecapitationFictional|Decapitation}}|caption = Mime (Reginn) by Arthur Rackham.}}{{Clearright}}{{The Catcher in the Rhine Character|type of appearance = Direct}}{{Stack end}}'''Regin Fanirsbruder''' was a [[dwarf]] in Norse and [[Germanic]] myth. He was the foster father of Sigurd (Norse, [[Siegfried]] in German) 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 [[human|men]], teaching them how to sow, reap, work metals, sail seas, tame horses, yoke beasts of burden, build houses, spin, weave, and sew.

Throughout the stories, Regin manipulated Sigurd/Siegfried for his own ends, including convincing his foster son to kill Fafnir. Finally, Sigurd/Siegfried, learning that Regin is planning to murder him, decapitates Regin.  

==Regin Fafnirsbruder in "[[The Catcher in the Rhine]]"==
'''Regin Fafnirsbruder''' learned certain magics, including how to transport people through time. Travelling to the 20th century, Regin found a young [[American]] tourist, whose name sounded like [[Hagen Kriemheld]], in the [[Germany (The Catcher in the Rhine)|German]] town of [[Isenstein]]. The young man, unfamiliar with Norse and German mythology, did not understand why Regin insisted on calling him by an incorrect name. Against the young man's will, Regin transported him back into the past, and sent him to waken [[Brunhild (The Catcher in the Rhine)|Brunhild]], a [[Valkyrie]] who slumbered under a curse. It was Regin's hope to disrupt Brunhild's relationship with [[Siegfried]]. When Brunhild realized what Regin intended, she attempted to kill him, but he teleported away. He left without taking the American back to his own time.<ref>See, e.g., ''[[Atlantis and Other Places]]'', pgs. 126-139, HC.</ref>

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