Moon

Role: son of Mundilfare · First appears: Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter V · The Creation (continued)

Life events

The gods took Sun and Moon and set them in heaven, assigning them to drive the sun’s car and guide the moon.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter V · The Creation (continued) · 📍 heaven)
- With: Sun
- “But the gods became wroth at this arrogance, took both the brother and the sister, set them up in heaven, and made Sun drive the horses that draw the car of the sun”
Moon took Bil and Hjuke from the earth, and they always accompany him.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter V · The Creation (continued))
- With: Bil Hjuke
- “He took from the earth two children, who hight Bil and Hjuke, as they were going from the well called Byrger, and were carrying on their shoulders the bucket called Sager and the pole Simul. Their father’s name is Vidfin. These children always accompany Moon, as can be seen from the earth.”

parent: Mundilfare “Mundilfare hight the man who had two children. They were so fair and beautiful that he called his son Moon, and his daughter, whom he gave in marriage to a man by name Glener, he called Sun.”

Extracted from the original text of The Eddas. Made with Rho MD.