Motif
Weaving and binding of fate
weaving_and_binding_of_fate
A motif of the Fate Figures and Cosmic Weaving family, within the sub-family Fate Webs, Weaving, and Binding. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
norse
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The Poetic Edda NOTES / HELGAKVITHA HUNDINGSBANA I / THE FIRST LAY OF HELGI HUNDINGSBANE / INTRODUCTORY NOTE; lines 11510-11633 confidence: high
The Norns weave a web of fate with golden threads, fasten them in the moon's hall, hide the ends east and west, and Neri's kinswoman casts a northward chain to be firm.
The Norns weave a web of fate with golden threads, fasten it in the moon's hall, and a female figure casts a chain northward to remain firm.
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