Newbie: Event hover on object

Newbie: Event hover on object

Hi, as a newbie to jQuery (former using mootools) I have a question:

    1. <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
      $(document).ready(function() {   
          var myNav=$('main-navigation');
          console.log(myNav);
          myNav.hover(function() { console.log('hover');
                  $('navi_overlay').removeClass('hidden');
                    $( 'navi_overlay' ).addClass('active');
          });

      });
      </script>

    The console says:

    Object { length: 0, prevObject: Object, context: HTMLDocument → home.html, selector: "main-navigation" }

    But no reaction on mouse over. 'hover' doesn´t appear in the console and the classes aren´t set.

    Thanks for help and

    with best regards