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Once a Norn has decreed a death, it is unavoidable, and tragedies are often blamed on evil Norns in stories. | Once a Norn has decreed a death, it is unavoidable, and tragedies are often blamed on evil Norns in stories. | ||
In ''Fáfnismál'', the dying [[Fafnir]] explains that there are three kinds of Norns: those descended from Aesir, those from Elves, and those from Dwarves. | In ''Fáfnismál'', the dying [[Fafnir]] explains that there are three kinds of Norns: those descended from Aesir, those from Elves, and those from Dwarves. | ||
Although they are often depicted in modern art as weaving or spinning a thread, this concept is only present in ''Helgakviða Hundingsbana I'', and in the ''Völuspá'' it is instead said that they carve runes in wood. | |||
The word Norn may also have been applied to Völvor (female shamans) in general.<ref>{{Cite Book|quote=Ordet norna förekommer också om trollkunniga kvinnor i allmänhet. I Norna-Gests þáttr kallas völvor omväxlande nornor och spåkvinnor.|translquote=The word norn also occurs for women skilled in magic in general. In the Norna-Gests þáttr völvas are alternately called norns and seeresses.|chapter=N|book=Nordisk mytologi: från A till Ö|author=Katarina Harrison Lindbergh|publisher=Historiska media|lang=Swedish|edition=E-Book|page=p. 145|isbn= 978-91-7545-370-5 }}</ref> | The word Norn may also have been applied to Völvor (female shamans) in general.<ref>{{Cite Book|quote=Ordet norna förekommer också om trollkunniga kvinnor i allmänhet. I Norna-Gests þáttr kallas völvor omväxlande nornor och spåkvinnor.|translquote=The word norn also occurs for women skilled in magic in general. In the Norna-Gests þáttr völvas are alternately called norns and seeresses.|chapter=N|book=Nordisk mytologi: från A till Ö|author=Katarina Harrison Lindbergh|publisher=Historiska media|lang=Swedish|edition=E-Book|page=p. 145|isbn= 978-91-7545-370-5 }}</ref> | ||