Motif
Three fate sisters who govern destiny
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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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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 fate goddesses, not subject to the gods; after the Golden Age they appear beneath Yggdrasil near the Urdar fountain, with a mission described by some as warning and instruction.
The passage presents three sisters as goddesses of fate, beyond the control of other gods, who personify past, present, and future.
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