{{Short description|Being in Nordic mythology}} {{distinguish|Naglfar}} In Nordic mythology, '''Naglfari''' is the father of Auðr by the personified night, Nótt.<ref>William Ricketts Cooper (1876). ''An Archaic Dictionary: Biographical, Historical, and Mythological: From the Egyptian, Assyrian, and Etruscan Monuments and Papyri''. "''In Scandinavian mythology the first husband of the goddess Nott, who bare to him the deity Udr''."</ref> Naglfari is attested in a single mention in the ''Prose Edda'' (written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson) book ''Gylfaginning'', where he is described as one of a series of three husbands of Nótt, and that the couple produced a son, Auðr.<ref name=FAULKES13-14>Faulkes (1995:13—14).</ref> No additional information is provided about Naglfari.<ref name=LINDOW235>Lindow (2001:235).</ref>
Rudolf Simek theorizes that Snorri invented Naglfari but states that his reason for doing so is unknown.<ref name=SIMEK226>Simek (2007:226).</ref>
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==References== {{refbegin}} * Faulkes, Anthony (Trans.) (1995). ''Edda''. Everyman. {{ISBN|0-460-87616-3}} * Lindow, John (2001). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=KlT7tv3eMSwC Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs]''. Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|0-19-515382-0}} * Simek, Rudolf (2007) translated by Angela Hall. ''Dictionary of Northern Mythology''. D.S. Brewer. {{ISBN|0-85991-513-1}} {{refend}}
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