THE HORSES OF SOL AND MAANE 



AVERY long time ago there lived in the far 

 . North a man named Mundilf are, who had 

 two children that were famed all the world over 

 for their beauty and grace. The name of the boy 

 was Maane, and that of the girl was Sol, and 

 their father boasted that neither in heaven nor 

 upon the earth were there any beings so fair to 

 look upon as they, so bright of face, so firm of 

 step, so noble in action. Of course his boasting 

 gained for the children no friends, but rather 

 stirred up envy and hatred; and the Asa-folk, 

 who were the mightiest people in that country, — 

 so mighty that they were sometimes called gods, 

 — planned how to get them out of the world. Had 

 Mundilfare been wise, he would have praised the 

 children of the Asa-folk and let people think as 

 they would about Maane and Sol. 



The Asas had two horses, noble steeds as yel- 

 low as gold and swifter than the storm-winds. 

 They also had a chariot made of hammered gold, 



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