Who is the father of Day (Dagr) in Norse myth?

Dellingr is the father of Day (Dagr) in Norse myth.

The relationship appears in both the Poetic Edda and Snorri Sturluson’s Prose Edda. In Vafþrúðnismál, Dellingr is named as the father of the personified day. Dagr is also associated with Skinfaxi, the shining horse whose mane brings daylight across the world.

The Prose Edda describes Dellingr as a god and gives Dagr a mother through varying manuscript traditions. Most manuscripts name Nótt, the personification of night, while another early manuscript names Jörð, the personification of Earth. That variation affects Dagr’s maternal lineage, not his paternal identity.

Dellingr’s name is sometimes interpreted in connection with dawn or brightness. He should not be confused with Nörvi or Nörfi, who is associated with Nótt’s ancestry, or with Bor, the father of Odin and his brothers.