Also called Dag, Day.
Their story
Dagr is the son of Nótt and the shining Dellingr, and he took after his father in brightness. Odin gave him a horse, Skinfaxi, whose mane lights up all the sky and earth. Each day he rides around the world behind his mother.
Their day
Sunday. In modern practice, he is often honoured with Sól on Sunday.
Best times to give to them
- dawn
- Sundays
- Midsummer
- the first day of anything
What they like being given
- fresh water at sunrise
- bread
- mead or ale, or apple juice
- a candle lit at dawn
- an open window
How to honour them
- Open a window at dawn and greet the day.
- Draw or carve the Dagaz rune for a fresh start.
- Begin each day with one clear intention.
- Watch a sunrise on a special day in his honour.
How they can help you
- fresh starts
- clarity after confusion
- motivation in the morning
- breakthroughs
Symbols
- the horse Skinfaxi
- a shining mane
- the Dagaz rune
- dawn light
Dagr has no surviving cult; he is honoured today mainly as a personification in modern practice.
More Norse beings
- Skaði Huntress of the snowy mountains
- Máni The Moon, who counts the years
- Sól The Sun, who drives her bright horses
- Nótt Night, mother of Day
- Jörð The Earth, mother of Thor
- Rán Mistress of the deep, who gathers the drowned
- Ægir Lord of the sea and brewer for the gods
- The Norns The weavers of fate at the well of Urðr