Delling
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Delling was the god of the dawn and/or dew in Norse mythology. By Nótt (night), he was the father of Dagr (day). He is mentioned in the Prose Edda, explicitly as "of asa-race".[1]
In the Poetic Edda, Delling is named by Vafthrudnir, in reply to the question "whence came the day, which over people passes, and night with waning moons?"
- 25. Delling hight he who the day's father is, but night was of Nörvi born; the new and waning moons the beneficent powers created, to count years for men.
He is also alluded to (in the kenning "Delling's doors") in the Havamal (162), in item 15 of Odin's "runesong". He is listed in Fiolsvith's lay, in reply to the question "which of the Æsir's sons has that constructed, which within the court I saw?"
- Uni and Iri, Bari and Ori, Var and Vegdrasil, Dorri and Uri, Delling and Atvard, Lidskialf, Loki.
Viktor Rydberg makes him an elf, speculating that "Delling is to be regarded as clan-chief of the Elves (light-Elves), since in the very theogony he is ranked with the most ancient powers. With Mimir's daughter Nott he becomes the father of Dag and the progenitor of Dag's synir (the light-Elves)."[2]
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