Mani- Norse GodDeity"Guide of the Moon"

Son of Mundilfari

Máni and his sister Sól were children of a man called Mundilfari, who thought them so fair that he named his son after the moon and his daughter after the sun. The gods found this intolerable. They seized both children and set each in the sky to guide the body they had been named for. Máni steers the moon's course, ruling its waxing and waning, the new moons and dark moons by which mortals count their months.

The Wolf Behind the Moon

Máni does not cross the sky in peace. The wolf Hati Hróðvitnisson, Fenrir's son, runs behind the moon without rest. Máni can never slow. The moment Hati's jaws close, the night goes dark.

Bil and Hjúki

Snorri writes in the Gylfaginning that Máni once took two children from the earth. Bil and Hjúki were walking from the well Byrgir, carrying water in a cask called Sægr on a pole named Simul. Máni lifted them into the sky. Snorri says they can still be seen following the moon.

The Moon Swallowed

At Ragnarök, Hati overtakes Máni and swallows the moon. Sköll catches Sól. The stars fall from the sky. Darkness, then the final battle.