1. Gæð a wyrd swa hio scel! "Fate goes ever as she shall!“ The Mythology of Wyrd aka Fate

2. Fate [Wyrd] In Norse mythology, there are three Jotuns [Giants] who govern Wyrd [fate]. Together they are known as the Norns. Their names are: –Urðr [the oldest spelling of Wyrd], –Verðandi ["happening" or "present“] and –Skuld [“debt” or “future”]

3. Fate [Wyrd] These three Norns are responsible for Yggdrasill [the tree of life]. They water it and sit beneath its branches weaving the wyrd of man.

4. Fate [Wyrd] In this stamp, the youngest Norn, Skuld, is shown on horseback, because…

5. …Skuld rides with the Valkyrs [Valkyries] down from Asgard to take claim warriors who have died bravely in battle to Valhalla.

6. Fate [Wyrd] Past actions continually affect and condition the future, and the future also affects the past. All things are intertwined