Editing Mundilfari

{{Short description|Figure in Nordic mythology}}
{{For|the moon of Saturn named after Mundilfari|Mundilfari (moon)}}
{{Infobox deity
| type = Norse
| name = Mundilfari
| alt = 
| children = [[Sol (Germanic mythology)|Sól]] and [[Máni]]
}}

In [[Norse mythology]] '''Mundilfari''' ([[Old Norse]]: {{IPA|non|ˈmuntelˌfɑre|}}; rendered variously ''Mundilfari'', ''Mundilföri'' and ''Mundilfœri'') ([[Old Norse]], possibly "the one moving according to particular times"<ref name=SIMEK222>Simek (2007:222).</ref>) is the father of [[Sól (Sun)|Sól]], goddess associated with the [[Sun]], and [[Máni]], associated with the Moon. Mundilfari is attested in the ''[[Poetic Edda]]'' poem ''[[Vafþrúðnismál]]'' stanza 23, and in chapter 11 of the ''[[Prose Edda]]'' book ''[[Gylfaginning]]''.

==Etymology==
The name appears in various forms in attestations for the figure, some of them significantly different, and various theories have been proposed for the name.<ref name = LINDOW233/> [[John Lindow]] states that if the first element, ''mundil-'' is related to ''mund'', meaning "period of time," then the name may be a [[kenning]] for the Moon,<ref name=LINDOW233>Lindow (2001:233).</ref> as [[Rudolf Simek]] theorizes.<ref name=SIMEK222/>

==See also==
*[[Hyperion (Titan)]]
*[[World Mill]]

==Notes==
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==References==
* [[John Lindow|Lindow, John]] (2001). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=KlT7tv3eMSwC Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs]''. [[Oxford University Press]]. {{ISBN|0-19-515382-0}}
* Simek, Rudolf (2007) translated by Angela Hall. ''Dictionary of Northern Mythology''. [[Boydell & Brewer|D.S. Brewer]] {{ISBN|0-85991-513-1}}

{{Norse cosmology}}
{{Norse mythology}}

[[Category:Characters in Norse mythology]]