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search For other uses, see Norns (disambiguation). Norse
mythology, Sjódreygil and the Norns Faroese stamps 2006 The
Norns spin the threads of fate at the foot of Yggdrasil, the
tree of the world. Beneath them is the well Urðarbrunnr with the
two swans that have engendered all the swans in the world. The
Norns (1889) by Johannes Gehrts.  The Norns (Old Norse: norn,
plural: nornir) in Norse mythology[1] are female beings who rule
the destiny of gods and men, possibly a kind of dísir (see
below), and comparable to the Moirai (also called "The Fates")
in Greek mythology.  According to Snorri Sturluson's
interpretation of the Völuspá, the three most important norns,
Urðr (Wyrd), Verðandi and Skuld come out from a hall standing at
the Well of Urðr (well of fate) and they draw water from the
well and take sand that lies around it, which they pour over
Yggdrasill so that its branches will not rot.[2] These norns are
described as three powerful maiden giantes