Dagr

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Dagr is a figure from Norse mythology associated with the personification of day.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Dagr canonical 11
Ushas 1
alternates with Dagr 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf figure in Norse mythology ⓘ
mythological personification of day ⓘ
personification ⓘ
associatedWith Skinfaxi ⓘ
day ⓘ
light ⓘ
sky ⓘ
sunrise ⓘ
attestedIn Old Norse sources ⓘ
cosmicCyclePartner Nótt ⓘ
cosmicFunction marks the passage of days ⓘ
culture Norse mythology ⓘ
describedIn Poetic Edda ⓘ
Prose Edda ⓘ
domain daytime ⓘ
father Dellingr ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
grandfather Nörvi ⓘ
hasAttribute bright ⓘ
radiant ⓘ
hasHorse Skinfaxi ⓘ
horseAttribute Skinfaxi’s mane illuminates the sky ⓘ
languageOfName Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
literarySourceAuthor Snorri Sturluson ⓘ
mentionedIn Gylfaginning ⓘ
Vafþrúðnismál ⓘ
mother Nótt ⓘ
mythicCategory personified natural phenomenon ⓘ
mythologicalCycle Norse cosmology ⓘ
nameMeaning Day ⓘ
oppositeOf Nótt ⓘ
regionOfCult Germanic world ⓘ
Scandinavia ⓘ
relatedTo Nótt ⓘ
representedAs rider in the sky ⓘ
rides Skinfaxi ⓘ
role bringer of daylight ⓘ
sharesThemeWith Máni ⓘ
linked to: Snotra

Sól ⓘ
symbol bright horse ⓘ
daylight ⓘ
timePeriodOfWorship Viking Age ⓘ
pre-Christian Scandinavia ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dag → hasVariant → Dagr ⓘ
Ashvins → associatedWithDeity → Ushas ⓘ
linked to: Dagr
Dellingr → child → Dagr ⓘ
Dellingr → parentOf → Dagr ⓘ
Dellingr → relatedDeity → Dagr ⓘ
Nótt → parentOf → Dagr ⓘ
Nótt → cosmicFunction → alternates with Dagr ⓘ
linked to: Dagr
Nörvi → hasDescendant → Dagr ⓘ
Skinfaxi → hasOwner → Dagr ⓘ