Motif
three fate sisters personifying time
three_fate_sisters_personifying_time
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.
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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 6162-6289 confidence: high
The Norns are three Northern goddesses of fate, independent of the other gods; after the Golden Age they appear under Yggdrasil near the Urdar fountain, and some mythologists give them a warning and teaching mission toward the gods.
The passage identifies three fate goddesses named Urd, Verdandi, and Skuld and explicitly associates them with past, present, and future.
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