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Gæð a wyrd swa hio scel!

Gæð a wyrd swa hio scel!. "Fate goes ever as she shall!“ The Mythology of Wyrd aka Fate. Fate [Wyrd]. In Norse mythology, there are three Jotuns [Giants] who govern Wyrd [fate]. Together they are known as the Norns. Their names are: Urðr [the oldest spelling of Wyrd],

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Gæð a wyrd swa hio scel!

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  1. Gæð a wyrd swa hio scel! "Fate goes ever as she shall!“ The Mythology of Wyrd aka Fate

  2. Fate [Wyrd] • In Norse mythology, there are three Jotuns [Giants] who govern Wyrd [fate]. • Together they are known as the Norns. • Their names are: • Urðr [the oldest spelling of Wyrd], • Verðandi ["happening" or "present“] and • Skuld [“debt” or “future”]

  3. Fate [Wyrd] These three Norns are responsible for Yggdrasill [the tree of life]. They water it and sit beneath its branches weaving the wyrd of man.

  4. Fate [Wyrd] In this stamp, the youngest Norn, Skuld, is shown on horseback, because…

  5. …Skuld rides with the Valkyrs [Valkyries] down from Asgard to take claim warriors who have died bravely in battle to Valhalla.

  6. Fate [Wyrd] • Past actions continually affect and condition the future, and the future also affects the past. • All things are intertwined

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