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Norn

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A fate-woman of Norse tradition. The three named Norns at the well are one local house; “norn” is not a universal fairy.

Norse tradition

  • Norn appears in Norse tradition.

    Snorri’s Gylfaginning places named Norns at Urðarbrunnr who shape fate. Norse mythic fate-women at the well, not a fairy class borrowed from elsewhere.

    from Snorri Sturluson · Gylfaginning, c. 1220

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sources

  • Gylfaginning · Snorri Sturluson

    Snorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning, in the Prose Edda.