Associated with the day.

Name(s): The word dagr is Old Norse/Old Icelandic for “day.”

Parents: Dagr’s father is said to be Dellingr; his mother could be either Jord or Nótt, depending on the specific manuscript of Snorri’s Gylfaginning (the oldest manuscript refers to Jord while the other three refer to Nott; it appears more likely that the oldest manuscript holds a scribal error).

Children: Unknown although the beginning of the Sigurdrifumal does include the phrase “Hail, sons of Day.”

Affiliations: Dagr’s father Delling is one of the Aesir while his mother Nótt is the daughter of the joton or giant Narfi. While Dagr is described as resembling his father’s side, he does not appear in any list of the Aesir.

Tales: Little is know about Dagr apart from his parentage and his strong association with the day.

Other details: Dagr was given the bright-maned horse Skinfaxi for his journeys across the sky during each day.