Hati

Overview

Hati takes the moon before Ragnarok, removing another steady light from the sky. Chapter 51 places sun and moon together in the wolf-devouring sequence, with the stars vanishing too. Hati carries doom from daylight into the night sky.

Relationships

• Maniseizes the moon

  Hati seizes Mani, and the order of sun, moon and stars collapses together.

• Manipursues the moon

  Hati runs ahead of the moon, eager to seize Mani.

Story appearances

• RagnarokMoon-seizing wolf

  Hati seizes the moon, extending darkness into the night sky.

• Yggdrasil and the WorldsWolf pursuing the moon

  Hati runs ahead of the moon, eager to seize Mani.

Ancient sources

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• Snorri Sturluson, Prose Edda, Gylfaginning, Chapter 51, sun and moon swallowed, stars vanish, earth shakes, fetters break, Fenrir is freed and Jormungandr comes ashore