Dagr
deity sky Norse single tradition · 3
Dagr is the personified day in Norse mythology. He represents the concept of daytime as a divine being within the Norse cosmological framework.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in Norse mythology from the medieval period through living tradition.
Relationships
- serves
- Skinfaxi
- co occurs with
- Thjódrørir, Taranis
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (3)
Source passages
“Dagr, the personified day in Norse mythology”
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“Skinfaxi, the horse that pulled Dagr, the personification of day, across the sky.”
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“Jacob Grimm states that Dellingr is the assimilated form of Deglingr, which includes the name of Dellingr's son Dagr. Grimm adds that if the -ling likely refers to descent, and that due to this Dellingr may have been the "progenitor Dagr before him" or that the succession order has been reversed”
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