Hati

This article deals with the mythological figure. For the Saturn moon see Hati (moon) , for the Ukrainian village see Hati (place) .

Hati (also Hate , Old Norse for: "hate" or "enemy") is a wolf in Norse mythology who chases the moon .

According to the Edda, he is descended from Fenrir (the Fenriswolf ) and the giantess Gyge, who gave birth to him in the Jarnwid forest. His twin brother Skalli follows the sun . Hati chases the chariot of the moon god Mani across the sky and drives the moon to a hurry. On the day of the end of the world ( Ragnarök ) the wolves will catch up with the hunted and pack them. The moon dog Managarm will devour the moon, the splashed blood will darken the sun.

See also

• Tiangou

literature

• Johannes Hoops, Heinrich Beck: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde, Volume 20 (= Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde: Second completely revised and greatly expanded edition with the participation of numerous scholars , 20th volume). Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2002, ISBN 3110171643 , p. 169.