Mythology: Norse
Abode: Jotunheim
Family: Jötunn / Frost Giant
Parents: Loki, Sigyn
Notable Siblings: Vali (Not the son of Odin), Sleipnir, Fenrir, Hel, Jörmungandr
Notable Children: Nott (Possibly but not likely)
*It uncertain whether Nari and Narfi are the same, and how he or they relate to the father of Nótt, the personification of night, who is also sometimes called Narfi. It is more than likely that Nari Lokison and Nari the father of Nótt are seperate characters that have been confused as the same character due to misinterpretation of damaged and/or limited source material.
Key Info
- Killed by his entranced brother who was changed to a wolf for his father's crimes
- His entrails are used to bind Loki
Brief Bio
In Norse mythology, Narfi is a son of Loki, referred to in a number of sources. According to the Gylfaginning section of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, he was also called Nari and was killed by his brother Váli, who was transformed into a wolf; in a prose passage at the end of the Eddic poem "Lokasenna", Narfi became a wolf and his brother Nari was killed.
In chapter 50 of Gylfaginning, to punish Loki for his crimes, the Æsir turn his son Váli into a wolf and he dismembers his brother, "Nari or Narfi", whose entrails are then used to bind their father.
Narfi / Nari (Lokison)
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