HATI and SKÖLL
(old ice. Hati “The One Who Hates”, Sköll “Treachery”)
in Germanic (Scandinavian) mythology two terrifying wolves (wargs), sons of ➚ Fenrir and some witch, who gave birth to them in the Isarnvid forest (old Icelandic Ísarnvidhr “Iron Forest”) [1], which lies in the East. The wolves constantly chase the moon (see MANI) and the sun (see SOL-II) respectively, to devour them. During the ➚ Ragnarök they will achieve their goal and darkness will shroud the world. Hati and Sköll are probably a double of ➚ Garm and ➚ Fenrir.
References
[1] Völuspa 40.
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