Naglfari

“Natten” (“The Night”) by Peter Nicolai Arbo, depicting Nótt with her child, Auðr, son of Naglfari

In Nordic mythology, Naglfari is the father of Auðr by the personified night, Nótt. Naglfari is attested in a single mention in the Prose Edda (written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson) book Gylfaginning, where he is described as one of a series of three husbands of Nótt, and that the couple produced a son, Auðr. No additional information is provided about Naglfari.

Rudolf Simek theorizes that Snorri invented Naglfari but states that his reason for doing so is unknown.

Notes

  1. ↑ William Ricketts Cooper (1876). An Archaic Dictionary: Biographical, Historical, and Mythological: From the Egyptian, Assyrian, and Etruscan Monuments and Papyri. "In Scandinavian mythology the first husband of the goddess Nott, who bare to him the deity Udr."
  2. ↑ Faulkes (1995:13—14).
  3. ↑ Lindow (2001:235).
  4. ↑ Simek (2007:226).

References

  • Faulkes, Anthony (Trans.) (1995). Edda. Everyman. ISBN 0-460-87616-3
  • Lindow, John (2001). Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515382-0
  • Simek, Rudolf (2007) translated by Angela Hall. Dictionary of Northern Mythology. D.S. Brewer. ISBN 0-85991-513-1