| Therefore, Loki placed a torch in the sky, and it warmed up the land just enough to make winter livable. However, it moved with the stars, and six months later, towards the end of the summer, it was next to the sun (as could be visibly noticed every sunrise), and began heating up the already warm days. The string attached to Lokabrenna was that, while it warmed the winter nights and let the people live, it also warmed the summer days and drove the people mad. Centuries later, the Anglo-Saxons learned the Arabic name for Lokabrenna, Sirius or "the dog-star," and named the days of madness "the dog days." |
