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A depiction of Máni and Sól (1895) by Lorenz Frølich.. Máni (Old Norse: ; "Moon" [1]) is the Moon personified in Germanic mythology.Máni, personified, is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson.
Kabigat (Bontok mythology): the goddess of the moon who cut off the head of Chal-chal's son; her action is the origin of headhunting [6] Bulan (Ifugao mythology): the moon deity of the night in charge of nighttime [7] Moon Deity (Ibaloi mythology): the deity who teased Kabunian for not yet having a spouse [8]
In Norse mythology, Hati Hróðvitnisson (first name meaning "He Who Hates", or "Enemy" [1]) is a warg; a wolf that, according to Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, chases Máni, the Moon, across the night sky, just as the wolf Sköll chases Sól, the Sun, during the day, until the time of Ragnarök, when they will swallow these heavenly bodies.
Animation of the Moon as it cycles through its phases. In Norse mythology, Hjúki (Old Norse: [ˈhiu̯ːke], possibly meaning "the one returning to health" [1]) and Bil (O.N.: , literally "instant" [2]) are a brother and sister pair of children who follow the personified Moon, Máni, across the heavens.
Norse, Nordic, or Scandinavian mythology, is the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Old Norse religion and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia as the Nordic folklore of the modern period.
The Wolves Pursuing Sól and Máni by J. C. Dollman, 1909 Far away and long ago by Willy Pogany, 1920. In Norse mythology, Sköll (Old Norse: Skǫll, "Treachery" [1] or "Mockery" [2]) is a wolf that, according to Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, chases the Sun (personified as a goddess, Sól) riding her chariot across the sky.
Moon landing deniers say there's clear photographic evidence of this, and point out that because there's no breeze on the moon, this must be fake. Apollo 11astronaut Edwin Buzz Aldrin, on the Moon ...
In Norse mythology Mundilfari (Old Norse: [ˈmuntelˌfɑre]; rendered variously Mundilfari, Mundilföri and Mundilfœri) (Old Norse, possibly "the one moving according to particular times" [1]) is the father of Sól, goddess associated with the Sun, and Máni, associated with the Moon.