Dagr Dellingsson

Dag Dellingsson

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In Norse mythology, Dagr (Old Norse "day") is day personified. This personification appears in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. In both sources, Dagr is the stated as the son of the god Dellingr, and is associated with the bright-maned horse Skinfaxi, who "draw[s] day to mankind". The Prose Edda adds that Dagr is the son of Dellingr and Nótt, the personified night. Otherwise, Dagr appears as a common noun simply meaning "day" throughout Old Norse works.

In the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning, Dagr is again personified. In chapter 10, the enthroned figure of High states that Dagr is the son of the couple of Delling, of the Æsir, and his wife Nótt. Dagr is described as "as bright and beautiful as his father's people". Odin took Dagr and his mother Nótt, gave them each a chariot and a horse — Dagr receiving the horse Skinfaxi, whose mane illuminates all the sky and the earth — and placed them in the sky to ride around the earth every 24 hours.

Dagr is again personified in chapter 24 of the Prose Edda book Skáldskaparmál, where he is stated as a brother of Jörð. As a common noun, Dagr appears in chapter 58, where "Skinfaxi or Glad" is stated as pulling forth the day,[and chapter 64, where Dagr is stated as one of various words for time.

Occurence in "Hversum Noreg byggdist"

According to Hversum Noreg byggdist he and his wife had a son Svan and a daughter Svanhild.