Naglfari Explained

Naglfari should not be confused with Naglfar.

In Nordic mythology, Naglfari is the father of Auðr by the personified night, Nótt.^[1] 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.^[2] No additional information is provided about Naglfari.^[3]

Rudolf Simek theorizes that Snorri invented Naglfari but states that his reason for doing so is unknown.^[4]

References

• Faulkes, Anthony (Trans.) (1995). Edda. Everyman.
• Lindow, John (2001). Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs. Oxford University Press.
• Simek, Rudolf (2007) translated by Angela Hall. Dictionary of Northern Mythology. D.S. Brewer.

Notes and References

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).