Bragi (Old Norse: Bragi) is the god of poetry and eloquence among the Æsir, described in Gylfaginning as the foremost of all skalds, with wisdom in words and best of speech, and as possessing runes carved on his tongue. The word bragr in Old Norse means both ‘poetry’ and ‘the best.’ Bragi is the husband of Iðunn. In Lokasenna, he is present at the feast of Ægir and among the first to oppose Loki’s intrusion; Loki responds by calling him the most cowardly of the Æsir.

The tenth-century skaldic poem Eiríksmál describes Odin commanding Bragi and Hermóðr to go out and meet the arriving king Eiríkr blóðøx in Valhöll — suggesting Bragi functioned as a welcoming and ceremonial figure among the einherjar. The bragarfull or ‘Bragi’s cup,’ a formal toast taken with solemn vows, is described in Ynglinga saga and Helgakviða Hundingsbana II.

A longstanding scholarly question is whether the mythological Bragi is derived from or identical to the historical ninth-century skald Bragi Boddason, the oldest named skald whose work survives. Snorri treats them as separate.