66 lyngheid
which is also the name of the dwarf Thor kicked into
the fire during Balder’s funeral. the story of Otr and Hreidmar is also told in the
legendary V olsunga S aga .
L yngheid L yngvi (Heathery)
A daughter of the farmer, master
magician and dwarf Hreidmar. Lyngheid looked on
with her sister, Lofnheid, as their brother Fafnir
killed their father for the hoard of gold he pro-
tected. The gods had given the gold to Hreidmar as
compensation for their killing Otr, another son of
Hreidmar. Lyngheid and her sister are mentioned
only in R eginsmal , part of the P oetic E dda , though
The island in the middle of
the lake Amsvartnir (Red-Black) where Odin and
the gods bound the wolf Fenrir. On Lyngvi, Fenrir
waited for Ragnarok, the battle at the end of time,
when he would be freed to fight on the side of the
giants. The island and the lake are named by Snorri
Sturluson in G ylfaginning .