Skuld
Norse · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Youngest of the three Norns, embodying that which shall be; also numbered among the valkyries.
Domains
- fate future
Powers
- Decree what is yet to come to pass
Epithets
- sú þriðja 'Debt / That-which-shall-be', the youngest NornVǫluspá 20 (Poetic Edda) (primary)
Relations
- sibling: UrðrSkuld ('shall-be') is one of the three chief Norns with Urðr and Verðandi, named together as the maidens at the well beneath Yggdrasil.Völuspá st. 20; Snorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning ch. 15 (primary)
- sibling: VerðandiThird of the three Norns named together in Völuspá.Völuspá st. 20 (primary)
Sources
- existence: Poetic Edda, Völuspá 20, 30; Prose Edda, Gylfaginning 15, 36 (primary)