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|cause of death = Decapitation (original story)<br>Alive at end of Turtledove story}}'''Regin Fanirsbruder''' was a dwarf in [[German]]ic 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 [[human|men]], teaching them how to sow, reap, work metals, sail seas, tame horses, yoke beasts of burden, build houses, spin, weave, and sew.
 
|cause of death = Decapitation (original story)<br>Alive at end of Turtledove story}}'''Regin Fanirsbruder''' was a dwarf in [[German]]ic 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 [[human|men]], teaching them how to sow, reap, work metals, sail seas, tame horses, yoke beasts of burden, build houses, spin, weave, and sew.
   
==Regin Fafnirsbruder in "[[Catcher in the Rhine]]"==
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==Regin Fafnirsbruder in "[[The Catcher in the Rhine]]"==
 
Regin learned certain magics, including how to transport himself and others 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]], 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>
 
Regin learned certain magics, including how to transport himself and others 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]], 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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Template:Infobox Non-Turtledove Fictional CharacterRegin 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.

Regin Fafnirsbruder in "The Catcher in the Rhine"

Regin learned certain magics, including how to transport himself and others through time. Travelling to the 20th century, Regin found a young American tourist whose name sounded like Hagen Kriemheld in the 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, 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.[1]

  1. See, e.g., Atlantis and Other Places, pgs. 126-139, HC.