Dagr (meaning "day"[1] in Old Norse), also known as Dagur,[2] anglicised as Dag is the god and personification of day in Norse mythology. Dagr is the son of Dellingr and Nótt. He is the second son of Nótt, and has a half-brother Audr, and a half-sister Jörð (mother of Þórr by Óðinn), making him Thor's uncle. He is associated with the horse Skinfaxi. He appears in the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda. The term "dagr" is commonly used as a common noun meaning "day"[1] throughout many Old Norse works.
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- Dagr - Wikipedia
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lindow (2001:91).
- ↑ Dagr (disambiguation)
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