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A weary woman weaving wool on a warn Wednesday watching a wanderer walk the way to the wharf!

behind her there is a tapestry about norse mythology.

The tapestry of the 9 realms a Yggdrasil: The tree of life

The 3 Norns: Urdarbrunnr, Hvergelmr, and Mimisbrunnr, they are also called the 3 Wells or the Norns.
The Norns (Old Norse: norn, plural: nornir) in Norse mythology are female beings who rule the destiny of gods and men. They roughly correspond to other controllers of humans' destiny, such as the Fates, elsewhere in European mythology. In Snorri Sturluson's interpretation of the Völuspá, Urðr (Wyrd), Verðandi and Skuld, the three most important of the Norns, come out from a hall standing at the Well of Urðr or Well of Fate. They draw water from the well and take sand that lies around it, which they pour over the Yggdrasill tree so that its branches will not rot.[2] These three Norns are described as powerful maiden giantesses (Jotuns) whose arrival from Jötunheimr ended the golden age of the gods.[2] They may be the same as the maidens of Mögþrasir who are described in Vafþrúðnismál.

The four stags or harts (male red deer):
They eat among the branches of the World Tree Yggdrasill. According to the Poetic Edda, the stags crane their necks upward to chomp at the branches. Their names are given as "Dáinn, Dvalinn, Duneyrr and Duraþrór". An amount of speculation exists regarding the deer and their potential symbolic value.

Ratatoskr: is a squirrel who runs up and down the world tree Yggdrasil to carry messages between the eagle perched atop Yggdrasil,
and the serpent ho dwells beneath one of the three roots of the tree.

Veðrfölnir: is a hawk sitting between the eyes of an unnamed eagle that is perched on top of the world tree Yggdrasil.

Níðhöggr: (Malice Striker, traditionally also spelled Níðhǫggr, often anglicized Nidhogg) is a dragon/serpent who gnaws at a root of the world tree, Yggdrasil. In historical Viking society, níð was a term for a social stigma implying the loss of honor and the status of a villain. Thus, its name might refer to its role as a horrific monster in its action of chewing the corpses of the inhabitants of Náströnd: those guilty of murder, adultery, and oath-breaking, which Norse society considered among the worst possible.

Description

A weary woman weaving wool on a warn Wednesday watching a wanderer walk the way to the wharf!

behind her there is a tapestry about norse mythology.

The tapestry of the 9 realms a Yggdrasil: The tree of life

The 3 Norns: Urdarbrunnr, Hvergelmr, and Mimisbrunnr, they are also called the 3 Wells or the Norns.
The Norns (Old Norse: norn, plural: nornir) in Norse mythology are female beings who rule the destiny of gods and men. They roughly correspond to other controllers of humans' destiny, such as the Fates, elsewhere in European mythology. In Snorri Sturluson's interpretation of the Völuspá, Urðr (Wyrd), Verðandi and Skuld, the three most important of the Norns, come out from a hall standing at the Well of Urðr or Well of Fate. They draw water from the well and take sand that lies around it, which they pour over the Yggdrasill tree so that its branches will not rot.[2] These three Norns are described as powerful maiden giantesses (Jotuns) whose arrival from Jötunheimr ended the golden age of the gods.[2] They may be the same as the maidens of Mögþrasir who are described in Vafþrúðnismál.

The four stags or harts (male red deer):
They eat among the branches of the World Tree Yggdrasill. According to the Poetic Edda, the stags crane their necks upward to chomp at the branches. Their names are given as "Dáinn, Dvalinn, Duneyrr and Duraþrór". An amount of speculation exists regarding the deer and their potential symbolic value.

Ratatoskr: is a squirrel who runs up and down the world tree Yggdrasil to carry messages between the eagle perched atop Yggdrasil,
and the serpent ho dwells beneath one of the three roots of the tree.

Veðrfölnir: is a hawk sitting between the eyes of an unnamed eagle that is perched on top of the world tree Yggdrasil.

Níðhöggr: (Malice Striker, traditionally also spelled Níðhǫggr, often anglicized Nidhogg) is a dragon/serpent who gnaws at a root of the world tree, Yggdrasil. In historical Viking society, níð was a term for a social stigma implying the loss of honor and the status of a villain. Thus, its name might refer to its role as a horrific monster in its action of chewing the corpses of the inhabitants of Náströnd: those guilty of murder, adultery, and oath-breaking, which Norse society considered among the worst possible.