The Norns in Old Norse Mythology - (Bek-Pedersen Karen)(Paperback)

Liverpool University Press 2013 Liverpool University Press 224 Bek-Pedersen, Karen Paperback / softback

The norns were a group of female supernatural beings closely related to ideas about fate in Old Norse tradition. Although the norns are well known, even to people who have only a superficial knowledge of Old Norse mythology, this is the first detailed discussion of them to be published amongst the literature dealing with Old Norse beliefs.