Máni
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Máni is the Moon personified in Germanic mythology. Máni, personified, is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the
A depiction of Máni and Sól (1895) by Lorenz Frølich.
The Wolves Pursuing Sol and Mani (1909) by J. C. Dollman
A 19th century depiction of The Man in the Moon from folklore in areas of Germanic Europe
Man in the Moon
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In many cultures, several pareidolic images of a human face, head or body are recognized in the disc of the full moon; they are generally known as the Man in the Moon. The images are based on the appe
Máni
…Máni appears throughout Old Norse literature. Scholars have proposed theories about Máni's potential connection to the Northern European notion of the Man in the Moon, and a potentially otherwise unattested story regarding Máni through skaldic kennings. In the poem Völuspá Odin recounts the history of the universe…
The Man in the Moon is struck by a spacecraft in the Georges Méliès 1902 fantasy film Le Voyage dans la Lune
Near full moon over Berlin, Germany, in December 2015, approximately 30 minutes after moonrise
Common interpretation of the Man in the Moon as seen from the Northern Hemisphere
Moon's appearance for same longitude, but different hemispheres, 30 minutes after moonrise (generated model)