Dagr is the Norse personification of daylight, born of Dellingr (a god of dawn) and Nótt (night). He rides the sky in a chariot drawn by the horse Skinfaxi, whose mane illuminates the world. Dagr appears in the Poetic Edda as part of the cosmic cycle of time. Poets reference him to mark temporal transitions and evoke the daily renewal of light, symbolizing clarity, hope, and the rhythm of existence.

Dagr (Old Norse for "Day") is the personified deity of daylight, son of Dellingr and Nótt (Night), and rider of the horse Skinfaxi ("Shining Mane"). His daily journey across the sky brings light to the world, as described in Vafþrúðnismál and Gylfaginning. Dagr embodies the cyclical, reliable rhythm of time in Norse cosmology. For poets, Dagr is a key figure in temporal kennings—e.g., "Dagr’s steed" for the sun or dawn. Students should note how Dagr’s genealogy (born of Night and a dawn-figure) reflects the Norse understanding of day emerging from darkness. His role is passive yet essential, illustrating how Norse myth personifies natural phenomena not as rulers but as participants in a cosmic order governed by fate.