Step 3 of 12 · Spells, Songs and Runes
The Norns: Urðr, Verðandi and Skuld
Why this step
The Hávamál is not the only Eddic poem with graving in it. In Thorpe’s translation of Völuspá, the three Norns come from beneath the tree; they graved on a tablet, established laws, allotted life to the sons of men and pronounced destinies. The entry notes that the sources vary, and that a later runic inscription from Borgund says the norns did both good and evil. Here the carving belongs to fate, not to a singer.
From the Lorebook
Three figures tied to the tree and its well.