The Eddas

Nari

Also known as: Nare / Narfe · Role: Loke’s son · First appears: Elder Edda · Oegir's Compotation, or Loki's Altercation · Part 2

Life events

  • Loki was caught and bound with the entrails of his son Nari.(Elder Edda · Oegir's Compotation, or Loki's Altercation · Part 2 · 📍 Franangr)
    • With: Loki
    • “After this Loki, in the likeness of a salmon, cast himself into the waterfall of Franangr, where the Æsir caught him, and bound him with the entrails of his son Nari;”
  • Loke had a son named Nare, or Narfe.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter IX · Loke and his Offspring)
    • With: Loki
    • “His wife hight Sygin, and their son, Nare, or Narfe.”
  • Vale was changed into a wolf and tore Nare to pieces.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter XV · The Death of Balder · Part 2)
    • With: Vale (son of Loki)
    • “Vale they changed into the likeness of a wolf, whereupon he tore his brother Narfe to pieces”

Elder Edda · Oegir's Compotation, or Loki's Altercation · Part 2

  • parent: Loki “After this Loki, in the likeness of a salmon, cast himself into the waterfall of Franangr, where the Æsir caught him, and bound him with the entrails of his son Nari; but his other son, Narfi, was changed into a wolf.”

Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter IX · Loke and his Offspring

  • parent: Loki “His wife hight Sygin, and their son, Nare, or Narfe.”
  • parent: Sigyn “His wife hight Sygin, and their son, Nare, or Narfe.”

Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter XV · The Death of Balder · Part 2

  • parent: Loki “Then they took Loke’s sons, Vale and Nare or Narfe.”
  • siblings with Vale (son of Loki) “Vale they changed into the likeness of a wolf, whereupon he tore his brother Narfe to pieces, with whose intestines the asas bound Loke over the three rocks.”

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