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on January 24, 2021

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Three female creatures who control the fate of all races
One sees the past, one sees the present, one sees the future
Sit at the Well of Urd at the base of the World Tree

Norse Mythology

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RAGNAROK

The Day of Doom that will destroy the Gods and the entire Earth The Gods know this day is coming and do everything they can to prevent it Loki, his children, and the giants will overrun the Æsir The World Tree will burn Mani (Moon) and Sol (Sun) will be devoured by the wolves of darkness that chase them From the ashes a new world will be born, built by new gods

Sigurd's youth

A King whose name was Alv reigned in Midgard, in a northern Kingdom. He was wise and good, and he had a foster son whose name was Sigurd. Sigurd was so fearless and strong was he that he once captured a bear in the forest and drove him to the King’s Hall. His mother’s name was Hiordis. Once, before Sigurd was born, Alv and his father who was King before him went on an expedition across the sea and came to another country. While they were still far off they heard the din of a great battle. They came to the battlefield, but found no living warriors on it, only heaps of the dead. One warrior they noticed was white bearded and old and yet he seemed the noblest looking man Alv or his father had ever seen. His weapons showed that he was a King of one of the bands of warriors. They went through the forest searching for survivors of the battle and, hidden in a clearing in the forest, they came upon two women. One was tall and proud with blue eyes and reddish hair, but wearing the clothes of a

FORSETI

Forseti, the son of Balder and Nanna, is the god of justice and conciliation. Those who refer their disputes to him never go away unreconciled. The hall where he sits in judgment is known as Glitnir; its pillars are of gold and its roof is of silver. Forseti must have had no small number of worshippers; a reminiscence of the cult is to be found in a Norwegian place name, Forsetelund in Onsøy, Østfold.

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