Máni

The God Who Guides the Moon

Domain: Moon & the Reckoning of Time
Alignment: Neutral Good
Element: Air
Relics of Power: Lunar Chariot

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The People

People

Norse & Germanic peoples

Region

Scandinavia & northern Europe

Period

Viking Age, 8th–11th c.

The gods of Asgard were worshipped by the Norse peoples of Scandinavia and by the Germanic tribes, especially during the Viking Age. Warriors sought to die in battle to reach Odin's Valhalla, and the myths were preserved in the Icelandic Eddas. The cult declined with the region's Christianization around the year 1000.

The Norse celebrated blóts, seasonal sacrifices with feasts of meat and mead, such as the Yule of the winter solstice. The great temple at Uppsala, in Sweden, hosted every nine years one of the largest sacrificial festivals of the Viking world.

The Sacred Scrolls

Personification of the moon, Máni crosses the night sky guiding the silver orb. He determines the lunar phases and, with them, the reckoning of months and time. He is pursued by the wolf Hati, who will hunt him until the end of time. As The God Who Guides the Moon, this deity occupies a position of supreme prestige in the nórdicos pantheon. Their domains over Moon & the Reckoning of Time reflect ancestral cosmic order maintained across millennia. In classical iconography, they are depicted with an aura of unshakeable majesty and sacred attributes that inspired reverence in emperors and peasants alike. Their influence extended beyond earthly boundaries, governing fates and harmony between the visible and invisible worlds. For ancient devotees, contemplating their essence was to understand the very fundamental forces of nature and human existence.

Sacred Symbols

Lunar chariot, the phases of the moon, the children Hjúki and Bil and the wolf Hati

Divine Lineage

Son of Mundilfari; brother of Sól, the sun.

The Legendary Myth

Máni is said to have taken from the world two youths, Hjúki and Bil, who accompany him eternally on his celestial journey.

Legends & Deeds

A celebrated secondary legend preserved in the oral traditions of the nórdicos recounts the journey when Máni intervened directly in the lives of mortals.