Mundilfari

was a man who offended Odin. When Odin, along with his brothers Vili and Ve, carved the world out of the carcass of Ymir, the original frost giant, they solved the problem of its illumination by using sparks and glowing embers from the sun, moon and stars. Mundilfari, who lived in Midgard, had a son and a daughter so handsome and beautiful that he called one Moon and the other Sun. The gods were angered by this comparison. Odin snatched the brother and sister from Midgard and turned them into constellations to guide the real heavenly bodies on their daily and nightly journeys across the sky.

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