Dagr

Dagr ( Old Norse for " day " ), and Dag, is in Norse mythology, the personification of the day.

He is the son of Nott Dellings and "night". Similar to his mother during the night, he goes during the day with a gilded carriage over the vault of heaven. The mane of his horse Skinfaxi ( roughly "shining mane " ) fills the air and the earth with its glory. Snorri Sturluson After him comes from the family of the Döglingar from, which also Helgi Hundingsbani belongs.

Dag is still a male first name in Scandinavia, for example, Dag Hammarskjöld.