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title: The Rescue of Ottr
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<h2 id="el-rescate-de-ottr">The Rescue of Ottr</h2>

One day, the gods Odin, Loki and Hönir pay a visit to Middle Earth. They see an otter about to eat a salmon and Loki throws a stone at it and kills it. Upon arriving at a house, the gods offer the animal's flesh as payment for a room to spend the night. But their host's smile soon fades, for the otter was his own brother Otter.

Loki was set free to go in search of the gold. With the help of Aegir and Ran, gods of the sea, he seizes the dwarf Andvari, who was hiding disguised as a fish, and forces him to hand over his treasure. Loki does not even let him keep a magic ring that would allow him to make his fortune again; Andvari casts a curse upon all who wear the ring. When Loki returns, he almost had enough gold to pay the ransom, but apart from the animal's whiskers, some parts were still uncovered. Then the malevolent Loki took Andvari's ring and threw it onto the pile, and with it his curse.