Mani
In Norse mythology , Mani (or Mani), son of Mundilfari and Glaur , is the god of the moon and brother of the goddess of the Sun Sol.
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Birth
The birth of the sun and the moon is told in the Gylfaginning :
"There was a man named Mundilfri and had two children. They were so beautiful and so wonderful that he gave his son the name of Mani and daughter of the soil .
Removal
Mani is followed by two children called Bil and Hjki he removed the earth when they were returning from a spring called Byrge and wore a tank called Sg . They can be seen from Earth.
These two names symbolize both phases of the moon: the time course, means the period that adversely noun Bil, and growth, good times personified Hjki. Their removal as they carry water would relate to the relationship between lunar phases and tides .
Death
Like her sister, Mani hastens in heaven because he is pursued by a wolf, Hati. Like his sister he was finally caught, what does not specify, however, that the Codex upsaliensis .
Moreover, wolves Mnagarmr "devour the moon and sprinkle with blood the sky and the entire air .
Name
In Icelandic, Mani (pl. Mana) is the noun designating the moon. Curiously, and rather unusual, the moon is masculine while the sun is feminine. This mark is found in other Germanic languages .
In the Poetic Edda, when Thor asked the dwarf Alvis on the names given to the moon, it says she is named "Mani" by men, "Flame" by the gods, the Wheel in Helheim " Pressed on "by the Giants," The Shining "by the dwarves or the" Count of years "by the elves .
Miscellaneous
At the fortress of Asgard , Mani, Sol and Freya , one of the rewards that claims the giant master craftsman who built the walls of the city indestructible gods.
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