| rdfs:comment | - Máni is the name of the moon god in Norse mythology. He is the brother of Sól. He is followed in the skies by Hjuki and Bil. He is eternally chased by Hati Hróðvitnisson (Managarmr) until Ragnarök, when he will be consumed by the wolf.
- In the poem Völuspá, a dead völva recounts the history of the universe and foretells the future to the disguised god Odin. In doing so, the völva recounts the early days of the universe: Benjamin Thorpe translation The sun from the south, the moon's companion, her right hand cast about the heavenly horses. The sun knew not where she a dwelling had, the moon know not what power he possessed, the stars knew not where they had a station. Henry Adams Bellows translation The sun, the sister of the moon, from the south Her right hand cast over heaven's rim; No knowledge she had where her home should be, The moon knew not what might was his, The stars knew not where their stations were.
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| abstract | - In the poem Völuspá, a dead völva recounts the history of the universe and foretells the future to the disguised god Odin. In doing so, the völva recounts the early days of the universe: Benjamin Thorpe translation The sun from the south, the moon's companion, her right hand cast about the heavenly horses. The sun knew not where she a dwelling had, the moon know not what power he possessed, the stars knew not where they had a station. Henry Adams Bellows translation The sun, the sister of the moon, from the south Her right hand cast over heaven's rim; No knowledge she had where her home should be, The moon knew not what might was his, The stars knew not where their stations were. In stanza 23 of the poem Vafþrúðnismál, the god Odin (disguised as "Gagnráðr") tasks the jötunn Vafþrúðnir with a question about the origins of the sun and the moon, whom he describes as journeying over mankind. Vafþrúðnir responds that Mundilfari is the father of both Sól and Máni, and that they must pass through the heavens every day to count the years for mankind: Benjamin Thorpe translation Mundilfæri hight he, who the moon's father is, and eke the sun's;:round heaven journey each day they must, to count years for men. Henry Adams Bellows translation "Mundilferi is he who began the moon, And fathered the flaming sun; The round of heaven each day they run, To tell the time for men." | |} In stanza 39 of the poem Grímnismál, Odin (disguised as Grimnir) says that both the sun and the moon are pursued through the heavens by wolves; the sun, referred to as the "shining god" is pursued by Sköll to the "protecting woods", while the moon is pursued by Hati Hróðvitnisson. In stanza 13 of the poem Alvíssmál, the god Thor questions the dwarf Alvíss about the moon, asking him what the moon is called in each of the worlds. Alvíss responds that it is called "moon" by mankind, "fiery one" by the gods, "the whirling wheel" in Hel, "the hastener" by the jötnar, "the shiner" by the dwarves, and "the counter of years" by the elves.
- Máni is the name of the moon god in Norse mythology. He is the brother of Sól. He is followed in the skies by Hjuki and Bil. He is eternally chased by Hati Hróðvitnisson (Managarmr) until Ragnarök, when he will be consumed by the wolf.
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