Motif
Fate represented as a web or mist-fabric
fate_represented_as_a_web_or_mist_fabric
A motif of the Fate Figures and Cosmic Weaving family. 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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Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER XIV: HERMOD / CHAPTER XV: VIDAR / CHAPTER XVI: VALI / CHAPTER XVII: THE NORNS; lines 6291-6393 confidence: medium
The passage reports allegorical interpretations of the Norns and their web of fate, including the idea that the web is a woof of clouds and bands of mist stretched from rock to tree and mountain to mountain, torn by rising wind.
The Norns' web of fate is described through an allegorical interpretation as clouds and bands of mist stretched across the landscape.
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