Sköll
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- Norse mythology
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- male
- Father
- Fenrir
- Sibling
- Hati Hróðvitnisson
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- The Wolves Pursuing Sol and Mani.jpg
- Said to be same as
- Hati Hróðvitnisson
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- Sköll and Hati
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- Skoll
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thumb|The Wolves Pursuing Sól and Máni by John Charles Dollman|J. C. Dollman, 1909 thumb|Far away and long ago by Willy Pogany, 1920
In Norse mythology, Sköll, or Skoll (), is a wolf that, according to Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, chases the Sun (personified as a goddess, Sól) riding her chariot across the sky. Hati Hróðvitnisson chases the Moon (personified, as Máni) during the night. Sköll and Hati are the sons of the wolf Fenrir, and an unnamed giantess. It is foretold the wolves will chase the Sun and Moon across the skies until Ragnarök, at which point the wolves catch up and devour the celestial beings.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sköll” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.