Dellingr

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Dellingr is a figure in Norse mythology often associated with the dawn or the break of day.

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Label Occurrences
Dellingr canonical 3

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Statements (27)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Norse mythological figure
god
associatedConcept personification of dawn
associatedWith dawn
daybreak
attestedInSource Gylfaginning
Vafþrúðnismál
category Norse gods associated with time and cycles
child Dagr
cosmicRole bringer of day
culture Norse mythology
gender male
hasDomain natural phenomena
languageOfName Old Norse
mentionedIn Poetic Edda
Prose Edda
mythologicalFunction marks transition from night to day
nameMeaning dayspring
the shining one
parentOf Dagr
realm Æsir
linked to: Aesir
relatedDeity Dagr
Nótt
spouse Nótt
symbolicAssociation light
new beginning
tradition Germanic paganism

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Referenced by (3)

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

Dagr father Dellingr
Nótt spouse Dellingr
Nótt childWith Dellingr