Motif
fate powers connected with childbirth
fate_powers_connected_with_childbirth
A motif of the Fate Figures and Cosmic Weaving family, within the sub-family Fate Sisters, Birth Allotters, and Threshold Spinners. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
norse
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The Poetic Edda FAFNISMOL / THE BALLAD OF FAFNIR / INTRODUCTORY NOTE / NOTES; lines 15003-15124 confidence: medium
Stanzas 11-15 are probably interpolated from a poem similar to Vafthruthnismol; Fafnir apparently quotes proverbs; Norns helpful in childbirth are discussed; there are minor Norns or fates in addition to the three great Norns; Dvalin is chief of the dwarfs.
The notes discuss Norns helpful in childbirth and identify Norns as fates, including minor Norns and the three great Norns.
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