Motif
Fate-shaping maidens at birth
fate_shaping_maidens_at_birth
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.
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norse
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The Story of the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga); with Excerpts from the Poetic Edda WITH EXCERPTS FROM THE POETIC EDDA / SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY: / RECOMMENDED READING-- / INTRODUCTION; lines 409-493 confidence: high
A fair hall stands under the ash by the spring; three Norns named Has-been, Being, and Will-be shape men's lives, and other Norns come to each person born, some good and some evil.
The Norns shape the lives of men, and other Norns come to every person born to shape that life.
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