Mani

Mani can have one offollowing meanings.

• Mani Peninsula isregionGreece.

• Maní issmall cityYucatán, Mexico.

• Mani wasthird-century Persian prophet,founder ofdualistic Manichaean religion, which borrowed eclectically from Christianity, Zoroastrianism,Buddhism.

• Manishort formantraAvalokiteshvara (tibetan: Chenrezig).

The mantraOM MANI PADME HUM.

PronouncedTibet OM MANI PE ME HUM.

• In Norse mythology, Mani wasgod ofmoon andsonMundilfariGlaur. Mani pulledmoon throughsky every night, pursued bywolf Hati. Lunar eclipses were caused by Hati coming closecatching Mani; children banged pots togethermade great noise, hopingscare Hati away frommoon.

Maniunusual because lunar deities tendbe female, nearly universally, probably because ofconnection between menstruation andphases ofmoon.

See also Vidfinn forhypothesis aboutsource ofnursery rhyme called JackJill.

• Mani isnickname ofbassist Gary Mounfield who played withStone Roses.