The Norns are female beings in Norse mythology who create and control fate. They spin the threads of the fate of both humans and Gods at the foot of Yggdrasil, the cosmic tree holding together the 9 realms in Norse cosmology.
In Völuspá, one of the poems in the Old Norse Poetic Edda, they are described as not being a part of any of the other beings mentioned in Norse mythology. They are in their own category. Their names are Urd - The Past, Verdandi - What Is Presently Coming Into Being and Skuld - What Shall Be. In Greek mythology, there are similar beings or goddesses called the Moirai (Fates).
Because the Norns control fate they are often feared. I believe the fear is misplaced. The Norns weave and record a persons fate, but I don't see fate as being outside of our free will or control. In fact, the word Skuld, which is the name of the third Norn of What Shall Be literally means 'blame' or 'responsibility' in Swedish, my first language. Things happen that seem to be out of our control, but if we look at the picture from a soul level over the course of one or many lifetimes, we would find that the web of events are related and both the good and the bad are parts of our soul's growth. And most importantly, we always have a choice.
I cannot help but to relate them to what I know about the Akashic Records, also called the Book of Life. This is also closely related to Karma, or cause and effect.
In Hypnotherapy where a person is taken to the stage where their soul is in between lives, there are accounts of a ‘Judgement Board’. These are wise beings, usually three of them, who are there not to judge, but to assist the individual soul in evaluating the life lived and making recommendations for the next life. But the judgement of this evaluation is made by the soul itself. It gives a whole new meaning to the term ‘the last judgement’. It is not some entity outside of us making this judgement. We make it ourselves in our expanded state, and it’s much more forgiving than what we have been told to believe.
Once we become aware of this we can become an active participant in the weaving of our fate and our soul's path.
I have created a 3 month journey with our Divine Feminine Ancestry and Soul Lineage. We will connect deeply with our ancestral mythology and how it can help our soul growth, regardless of where your ancestry is from. I will use my own Scandinavian/Norse ancestry as a starting point. Learn more here.
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May the divine feminine rise from all ancestry lines and soul lineages...
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