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2. Norns - Wikipedia

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   The Norns (Old Norse: norn, plural: nornir) are a group of deities in Norse mythology responsible for shaping the course of human destinies. [1] The Norns are often represented as three goddesses known as Urd ( Urðr ), Verðandi , and Skuld , who weave the threads of fate and tend to the world tree, Yggdrasill , ensuring it stays alive at the ...

3. Verðandi - Wikipedia

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   In Norse mythology, Verðandi (Old Norse, meaning possibly "happening" or "present" [1]), sometimes anglicized as Verdandi or Verthandi, is one of the norns. Along with Urðr ( Old Norse "fate" [ 2 ] ) and Skuld (possibly "debt" or "future" [ 3 ] ), Verðandi makes up a trio of Norns that are described as deciding the fates ( wyrd ) of people.

4. Skuld - Wikipedia

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   Skuld ("debt" or "obligation"; sharing etymology with the English "should") is a Norn in Norse mythology. Along with Urðr (Old Norse "fate" [1]) and Verðandi (possibly "happening" or "present" [2]), Skuld makes up a trio of Norns that are described as deciding the fates of people. Skuld appears in at least two poems as a Valkyrie.

5. Urðr - Wikipedia

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   A poster for the Norwegian women's magazine Urd by Andreas Bloch and Olaf Krohn.. Urðr (Old Norse: fate [1]) is one of the Norns in Norse mythology. [1] Along with Verðandi (possibly "happening" or "present" [2]) and Skuld (possibly "debt" or "future" [3]), Urðr makes up a trio of Norns that are described as deciding the fates of people.

6. Urðarbrunnr - Wikipedia

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   Urðarbrunnr (Old Norse "Wellspring of Urðr"; either referring to a Germanic concept of fate—urðr—or the norn named Urðr [1]) is a spring or well in Norse mythology. Urðarbrunnr is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson.

7. Urd (Oh My Goddess!) - Wikipedia

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   As with her fictional sisters, Belldandy and Skuld, Urd has her origins in Norse mythology. [4] Urd is one of the three Norns and represents the past, (the Norse Verdandi representing the present, with Skuld representing the future). [5] Nevertheless, other than her name, Urd (like her Oh My Goddess! sisters) has little in common with her Norse ...

8. Belldandy - Wikipedia

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   These two sisters represent the other two Norns from Norse mythology, with Urd (the eldest of the three) representing the past while Skuld (the youngest) represents the future. [14] In recent volumes, Fujishima revealed the identity of Skuld and Belldandy's mother, a goddess named Ansuz ( アンザス , Anzasu ) , who seems to have a rivalry ...

9. Wyrd - Wikipedia

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   Poster for the Norwegian magazine Urd by Andreas Bloch and Olaf Krohn. Wyrd is a concept in Anglo-Saxon culture roughly corresponding to fate or personal destiny. The word is ancestral to Modern English weird, whose meaning has drifted towards an adjectival use with a more general sense of "supernatural" or "uncanny", or simply "unexpected".