Otter Learning To Swim

The otter is held to be a clean animal belonging to Ahura Mazda in Zoroastrian belief, and taboo to kill.
In popular Korean mythology, it is told that a person who sees an otter (soodal) will attract 'rain clouds' for the rest of their life.
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Tarka the Otter, by Henry Williamson, published 1927, gives a vivid portrayal of an otter's life in the rivers of Devon at a time when otter hunting was still legal. It was made into a film of the same name in 1978, co-scripted by Gerald Durrell and narrated by Peter Ustinov.