Verdandi

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In Norse mythology, Verdandi (ON: Verðandi), also known as "Verthandi", is one of the three norns, along with Urd and Skuld. Her name literally is the present tense of be or "to be" and is commonly translated as "in the making" or "that which is happening/becoming". She is the present moment. As one of the Norns she is a guardian of the World tree, watering it from the sacred well and keeping the deer of the four directions from chewing the branches, as well as a component of man's destiny.

There is some argument over where Verdandi is the youngest or second youngest of the fates. In either case she is typically pictured as beautiful and full of life. She is sometimes seen as a bit matronly.

She appears in the following verse from Völuspá, along with Urd and Skuld:

Þaðan koma meyjar

margs vitandi

þrjár, ór þeim sal

er und þolli stendr;

Urð hétu eina,

aðra Verðandi,

skáru á skíði,

Skuld ina þriðju;

þær lög lögðu,

þær líf kuru

alda börnum,

örlög seggja.

Thence come maidens

much knowing

three from the hall

which under that tree stands;

Urd hight the one,

the second Verdandi,

on a tablet they graved,

Skuld the third;

Laws they established,

life allotted

to the sons of men,

destinies pronounced.

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	Society: Viking Age \| Skald \| Kenning \| Blót \| Seid \| Numbers
	The nine worlds of Norse mythology \| People, places and things

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