Hati
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In Norse mythology, Hati was a wolf that chased Mani, the moon, through the sky every night. Lunar eclipses were caused by his coming close to succeeding. His brother, Skoll, chases after Sol, the sun. They both are supposedly children/brothers of Fenrir. Children would bang pots together and make a lot of noise to try and scare him away from the moon. And then the sparks from the banging pots would fly through the sky. People on Earth would call them falling stars. It is said that at the Time of Ragnarok, Hati will catch the moon and break it in his jaws.
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