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Re: More Encyclopedia Mythica Browsings

Posted By: killing duck (195.181.91.231)
Date: 9/12/2000 at 2:51 a.m.

In Response To: Re: More Encyclopedia Mythica Browsings (SiliconDream)

: Wyrd isn't actually a god in any pantheon; rather, it's
: the word for Fate in the Norse religion. The actual
: deities overseeing it are the Wyrd Sisters, three old
: ladies sitting down at the bottom of the World Tree,
: IIRC. (when the three witches in Macbeth are called
: "Weird Sisters," it's from this.)

: --SiliconDream

In ther norse langegue the three wyrd sisters are known as the Danish:( De tre norner)English: the three nornes

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