Editing Naglfar (section)

==Attestations==
Naglfar is attested in both the ''[[Poetic Edda]]'' and the ''[[Prose Edda]]''. In the ''Poetic Edda'', ''Naglfar'' is solely mentioned in two stanzas found in the poem ''[[Völuspá]]''. In the poem, a deceased [[völva]] foretells that the ship will arrive with rising waters, carrying [[Hrym]] and [[Loki]] and with them a horde of others:
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:<small>Old Norse:</small>
:Hrymr ekr austan, hefisk lind fyrir,
:snýsk Jörmungandr í jötunmóði;
:ormr knýr unnir, en ari hlakkar,
:slítr nái niðfölr, Naglfar losnar.

:Kjóll ferr austan, koma munu Múspells
:of lög lýðir, en Loki stýrir;
:fara fíflmegir með freka allir,
:þeim er bróðir Býleists í för.<ref>Völuspá 50–51; text from https://www.voluspa.org/voluspa.htm</ref>
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:<small>[[Benjamin Thorpe]] translation:</small>
:Hrym steers from the east, waters rise,
:the [[Jörmungandr|mundane snake]] is coiled in [[jötunn|jötun]]-rage.
:The [[Worm (dragon)|worm]] beats the water, and the eagle screams:
:the pale of beak tears carcasses; Naglfar is loosed.

:That ship fares from the east:
:come will [[Muspelheim|Muspell]]'s people o'er the sea, and Loki steers.
:The monster's kin goes all with [[Fenrir|the wolf]];
:with them the [[Loki|brother of]] [[Byleist]] on their course.<ref name=THORPE10>Thorpe (1906:7).</ref>
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:<small>[[Henry Adams Bellows (businessman)|Henry Adams Bellows]] translation:</small>
:From the east comes Hrym with shield held high;
:In giant-wrath does the serpent writhe;
:O'er the waves he twists, and the tawny eagle
:Gnaws corpses screaming; Naglfar is loose.

:O'er the sea from the north there sails a ship
:With the people of [[Hel (location)|Hel]], at the helm stands Loki;
:After the wolf do wild men follow,
:And with them the brother of Byleist goes.<ref name=BELLOWS21-22>Bellows (1923:21—23).</ref>
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In the ''Prose Edda'', ''Naglfar'' is mentioned four times. The ship is first mentioned in chapter 43 of ''[[Gylfaginning]]'', where the enthroned figure of [[High, Just-As-High, and Third|High]] notes that while [[Skíðblaðnir]] is the best ship—constructed  with the finest skill—"the biggest ship is ''Naglfari'', it belongs to [[Muspell]]".<ref name=FAULKES36-37>Faulkes (1995:36—37).</ref>

In chapter 51, High foretells the events of Ragnarök. Regarding ''Naglfar'', High says that after the stars disappear from the sky, the landscape will shake so severely that mountains fall apart, trees uproot, and all binds will snap, causing the wolf [[Fenrir]] to break free. After, the Midgardr Serpent [[Jörmungandr]] will fly into a rage and swim to the shore, causing the ocean to swell unto land. ''Naglfar'', too, will be break free from its moorings. High describes the composition of ''Naglfar'' as that of the untrimmed nails of the dead, and warns about burying the dead with untrimmed nails, stating that "the ship is made of dead people's nails, and it is worth taking care lest anyone die with untrimmed nails, since such a person contributes much material to the ship ''Naglfar'' which gods and men wish would take a long time to finish".<ref name=FAULKES53>Faulkes (1995:53).</ref> High adds that the ship will be captained by the jötunn [[Hrym]], and that Naglfar will be carried along with the surging waters of the flood.<ref name=FAULKES53/> Further in chapter 51, High quotes the ''Völuspá'' stanzas above that references the ship.<ref name=FAULKES55>Faulkes (1995:55).</ref>

''Naglfar'' receives a final mention in the ''Prose Edda'' in ''[[Skáldskaparmál]]'', where it is included among a list of ships.<ref name=FAULKES162>Faulkes (1995:162).</ref>