All peoples have their own myths and, accordingly, mythical heroes. In Germany and Iceland, this is Sigurd (aka Siegfried). Scientists tried to identify him with some really living person, but they did not succeed in this matter.
Sigurd.
But at the same time, the possibility cannot be excluded that it could be someone from the Franks or Burgundians (they lived off the banks of the Rhine) named Sigerik, who lived in the 6th century. It is more likely that Sigurd and the supreme god Odin (translated from German as "rampaging") are one and the same person.
In this case, it becomes clear the expression of the authors of the sagas that Odin, despite the fact that he is the main one, is still only one of many gods, including other carriers of magical power - vans (patrons of fertility), giants-jotuns (builders) and even such wonderful creatures as the Valkyries, who are in charge of life and death during battles.
When there is a desire to annoy your neighbor out of envy or revenge, you have to resort to the most difficult methods. This is exactly what Locke did. He was all the more disliked by Odin, who, having taken possession of the treasures of the Nibelungs, belittled them and belittled the merits of Locke - that he was the main earner of treasures. It should be noted that it was extremely difficult to take the treasure from the dwarf Andvari.
The latter turned into a pike and tried to mislead Locke, but he, having equipped a net, managed to catch all the gold. The angry dwarf managed to curse the treasures that belonged to him, so much so that then, whoever became his master - that the gods, that people - all ended their lives with death. And Locke himself was the first to suffer from this …
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The gods were extremely displeased with the dwarf's gesture and caught him in the waterfall, where he tried to hide. The gods tied the villain and hung a poisonous snake over his face, whose bites caused him extremely terrible torment. And since the curse of Andvari could not be lifted even by the gods, all the jewels that were available were flooded in the waters of the Rhine so that no one else could suffer from them.