Perceiving this as arrogance, the gods were so angered that they placed the brother and sister in the heavens. The children were so fair that Mundilfari named them "moon" and "sun". In chapter 11, High says that Máni and his sister Sól are the children of a man by the name of Mundilfari. In chapter 8, the enthroned figure of High quotes stanza 5 of Völuspá, and the figure of Third, also enthroned, adds that this occurred prior to the creation of the Earth. In the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning, Máni is referenced in three chapters. "Far away and long ago" (1920) by Willy Pogany. 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. 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. In stanza 39 of the poem Grímnismál, Odin (disguised as Grímnir) 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.
" 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." 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. 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: 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. 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. The sun knew not where she a dwelling had, the moon knew not what power he possessed, the stars knew not where they had a station. In doing so, the völva recounts the early days of the universe:īenjamin Thorpe translation: The sun from the south, the moon's companion, her right hand cast about the heavenly horses Arvak and Alsvid. In the poem Völuspá, a dead völva recounts the history of the universe and foretells the future to the disguised god Odin. The Wolves Pursuing Sol and Mani (1909) by J.