Narfi | |
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Norse mythology character | |
In-universe information | |
Alias | Nörfi |
Species | Jötunn |
Gender | Male |
Children | Nótt |
Narfi ( Old Norse: [ˈnɑrve]), also Nörfi (O.N.: Nǫrfi [ˈnɔrve]), Nari or Nörr (O.N.: Nǫrr [ˈnɔrː]), is a jötunn in Norse mythology, and the father of Nótt, the personified night.
The Old Norse name Nǫrr has been related to the Old Saxon narouua ('night'), a name which occurs in the verse narouua naht an skion of the fragmentary Genesis poem. [n 1] In adjectival form, the Old Norse nǫrr means 'narrow', [1] and the name Nar(f)i may have shared the same meaning. [2]
Thus, the jötunn's name, as first suggested by Adolf Noreen, may be a synonym for "night" or, perhaps more likely, an adjective related to Old English nearwe, "narrow", meaning "closed-in" and thus "oppressive". [3] [4] [5]
Snorri Sturluson cites Narfi as an alternative form of the name of the jötunn Nörfi, and the variants Nör and Nörvi also appear in Norse poetry. [2]
According to the Gylfaginning section of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, Nótt is the daughter of the jötunn "Nörfi or Narfi". [6] [7] However, in the Poetic Edda, Nótt's father is called Nörr (not to be confused with Nór), primarily for reasons of alliteration. [6] This name is only recorded in the dative form Nǫrvi (variant spelling Naurvi). [8]
The name of Nótt's father is recorded in several forms in Old Norse sources: [9]
Various scholars have argued that Snorri based his genealogy of Nótt on classical models. [8] [10] They relate Narfi to Erebus, which would make nipt Nera, used in "Helgakviða Hundingsbana I" for a Norn who comes in the night, an appellation derived from the Parcae, who were Erebus' daughters. [11]
In "A Great Man's Return", a song on their album Valdr Galga, the Swedish viking metal band Thyrfing refer to "Norve's starfilled sky". [12] [13]
In J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings Part One, The Fellowship of the Ring, the dwarf maker of the Doors of Durin signed them " Narvi"; in drafts, Tolkien spelt the name Narfi as in the Prose Edda. [14] [15]
In a season 13 episode of Supernatural, Narfi captures and sells the archangel Gabriel to Asmodeus.
Narfi | |
---|---|
Norse mythology character | |
In-universe information | |
Alias | Nörfi |
Species | Jötunn |
Gender | Male |
Children | Nótt |
Narfi ( Old Norse: [ˈnɑrve]), also Nörfi (O.N.: Nǫrfi [ˈnɔrve]), Nari or Nörr (O.N.: Nǫrr [ˈnɔrː]), is a jötunn in Norse mythology, and the father of Nótt, the personified night.
The Old Norse name Nǫrr has been related to the Old Saxon narouua ('night'), a name which occurs in the verse narouua naht an skion of the fragmentary Genesis poem. [n 1] In adjectival form, the Old Norse nǫrr means 'narrow', [1] and the name Nar(f)i may have shared the same meaning. [2]
Thus, the jötunn's name, as first suggested by Adolf Noreen, may be a synonym for "night" or, perhaps more likely, an adjective related to Old English nearwe, "narrow", meaning "closed-in" and thus "oppressive". [3] [4] [5]
Snorri Sturluson cites Narfi as an alternative form of the name of the jötunn Nörfi, and the variants Nör and Nörvi also appear in Norse poetry. [2]
According to the Gylfaginning section of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, Nótt is the daughter of the jötunn "Nörfi or Narfi". [6] [7] However, in the Poetic Edda, Nótt's father is called Nörr (not to be confused with Nór), primarily for reasons of alliteration. [6] This name is only recorded in the dative form Nǫrvi (variant spelling Naurvi). [8]
The name of Nótt's father is recorded in several forms in Old Norse sources: [9]
Various scholars have argued that Snorri based his genealogy of Nótt on classical models. [8] [10] They relate Narfi to Erebus, which would make nipt Nera, used in "Helgakviða Hundingsbana I" for a Norn who comes in the night, an appellation derived from the Parcae, who were Erebus' daughters. [11]
In "A Great Man's Return", a song on their album Valdr Galga, the Swedish viking metal band Thyrfing refer to "Norve's starfilled sky". [12] [13]
In J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings Part One, The Fellowship of the Ring, the dwarf maker of the Doors of Durin signed them " Narvi"; in drafts, Tolkien spelt the name Narfi as in the Prose Edda. [14] [15]
In a season 13 episode of Supernatural, Narfi captures and sells the archangel Gabriel to Asmodeus.