The Norns are female beings in Norse mythology who create and control fate. They spin the threads of the fate of both humans and Gods at the foot of Yggdrasil, the cosmic tree holding together the 9 realms in Norse cosmology.
In Völuspá, one of the poems in the Old Norse Poetic Edda, they are described as not being a part of any of the other beings mentioned in Norse Mythology. They are in their own category. Their names are Urd - The Past, Verdandi - What Is Presently Coming Into Being and Skuld - What Shall Be.
Because they control fate they are often feared. I believe the fear is misplaced. I cannot help but to relate them to what I know about the Akashic Records, also called the Book of Life in the Bible. This is also closely related to Karma, or cause and effect.
The Norns weave and record a persons fate, but I don't see fate as being outside of our free will or control. In fact, the word Skuld, which is the name of the third Norn of What Shall Be literally means 'blame' or 'responsibility' in Swedish, my first language. Things happen that seem to be out of our control, but if we look at the picture from a soul level over a course of many lifetimes, we would find that the web of events are related and both the good and the bad are parts of our soul's growth.
Once we become aware of this we can become an active participant in the weaving of our fate and our soul's path.
I have created a 3 month journey with our Divine Feminine Ancestry and Soul Lineage. We will connect deeply with our ancestral mythology and the Divine Feminine within it, regardless of where your ancestry is from. I will use my own journey with my Scandinavian/Norse ancestry as a starting point.
Learn more here.
May the Divine Feminine rise from all ancestry lines and soul lineages...
Art by Johan Egerkrans and Unknown
