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In Norse mythology, Sköll, or Skoll (Old Norse: Skǫll), 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.
Old NorseSkǫll has been translated as "Treachery"[1] or "Mockery".[2] The noun skǫllf. is the feminine form of skalln. ("bark, widely audible (echoing) sound"), related to skjalla, skella, "to bark; to scold" (cf.Swedish: skäll, "scolding; barking", skall, "bark"), by extension also English "scold" (cf.Danish: skæld).
In Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, the mention of Sköll appears when describing the story of Sol, who drives the chariot of the Sun in Norse Mythology. The wolf is seen chasing her after she receives her chariot to carry the Sun. "[Sun] goes at a great pace; her pursuer is close behind her and there is nothing she can do but flee. … There are two wolves and the one pursuing her is called Skoll [Treachery] is the one she fears; he will catch her [at the end of the world]."[3]
ルドルフ・シメクによれば、スコールはフェンリルの別名である可能性があり、もしそうであれば、「スコールとハティ（月を追いかける者）の場合、自然神話的な解釈が可能かもしれない。そのような解釈は、狼が幻日と幻月、あるいは太陽犬と月の犬という現象を描写することを意図している可能性を示唆している。これらはスカンジナビア諸語で「太陽狼」（ノルウェー語solulv、スウェーデン語solvarg）と呼ばれている。」[ 2 ]ルドルフ・シメクは、スコール、ハティ、フェンリルは同一人物であり、おうし座にあるヒアデス星団に由来すると理論づけている。星々は「V」字型を形成しており、狼の口と容易に解釈できた可能性がある。[ 4 ]