Máni
Norse · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
The gendering is the interesting part and it is grammatical before it is theological: in Germanic the sun is feminine and the moon masculine, the opposite of Latin and Greek, and the mythology follows the grammar. English still carries the trace in 'Sunday' and 'Monday'.
Domains
- the moon
Relations
- sibling: SólReference treatment of Sól and Máni as siblings. (secondary)
- enemy: HatiThe wolf behind him.Reference treatment of Hati chasing Máni. (secondary)
Sources
- Máni is the Norse moon, brother of Sól, who drives the moon-chariot and is chased across the sky by the wolf Hati.: Reference treatments of Máni, Sól and the wolves. (secondary)