See also:

• NORNS (0. Norse, Nornir)

NORNS (0. Norse, Nornir)  , in See also:

• NORTHERN

Northern See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology, the See also:

• FEMALE

female divinities of See also:

• FATE

fate, somewhat similar to the Gr . Moipac and the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman Parcae . Like them they are generally represented as three in number, and they are said to spin, or weave, the destiny of men . Their dwelling is beside the " See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

Spring of fate," beneath the " See also:

• WORLD

world-See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree," See also:

• YGGDRASIL

Yggdrasil's ash, which they See also:

• WATER

water with See also:

• DRAUGHTS (from AS. dragan, to draw)

draughts from the spring . In some cases the See also:

• NORNS (0. Norse, Nornir)

Norns are not easily to be distinguished from the See also:

• VALKYRIES (Old Norse valkyriur, "choosers of the slain ")

Valkyries (q.v.) . Some-times again they appear as prophetesses (volur) at the See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth of See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children, whose destiny they foretell . The most famous of these stories is contained in the Theittr of Nornagesti, and has a curious resemblance to the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend of See also:

• ALTHAEA

Althaea and See also:

• MELEAGER (Gk. M€X aypos)

Meleager . Similar beings seem to have been known among other See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic peoples in See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early times . (See TEUTONIC PEOPLES, § 7) . (H, M .