Verðandi
Norse · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Second of the three Norns, embodying that which is coming into being.
Domains
- fate present
Powers
- Shape fate as it comes into being
- with her sisters waters Yggdrasil from the Well of Urðr
- carves the fate-runes that lay down the örlög of all lives
Relations
- sibling: SkuldReciprocal of norse_skuld.sibling — Third of the three Norns named together in Völuspá.Völuspá st. 20 (primary)
- sibling: UrðrReciprocal of norse_urdr.sibling — Urðr ('that which has become'), eldest of the three Norns, named with Verðandi and Skuld at the well of Urðr beneath Yggdrasil. (The Urðr-Skuld sibling tie is recorded on Skuld's entry.)Völuspá st. 20; Snorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning ch. 15 (primary)
Sources
- existence: Poetic Edda, Völuspá 20; Prose Edda, Gylfaginning 15 (primary)