Naglfar

For the Swedish black metal band, see Naglfar (band)

In Norse mythology, Naglfar was a ship made entirely from the nails of the dead. During Ragnarök, Naglfar will be freed from the land by a flood and sail to Vagrond, the battlefield, by Hymir along with an army of giants. The ship will lead the hordes of evil against the gods in the last war at the end of time, before a new world will arise from the sea.

The ship's name means "Wraith ferry," but Snorri in the Prose Edda provides a folk etymology of "Nail ferry," urging that no dead be buried with uncut fingernails, lest more material be added to it.

A model of the ship was an item in the 2006 UChicago Scav Hunt.

References In Video Games

In the Strategy/Role Playing Game, , Lyon, the Necromancer, wields a magic tome named Naglfar.

In the MMOG EVE Online, the Minmatar Dreadnaught is named Naglfar.

In the Hack and slash Action game Blade of Darkness, the player can play as Naglfar the Dwarf.

References In Literature

In John C. Wright's novel The Golden Transcendence, Naglfar is the name of an ill-fated starship.

In Philip Reeve's novel Infernal Devices Naglfar is the name of the submarine used by Uncle (the leader of the lost boys) to rehabilitate Grimsby. A reference is made to the Norse myth about a ship constructed of dead men's fingernails.

In the first entry in the All's End series, Far, the Bluddstayns' leader, is named after Naglfar.

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