Urd

Urd
   From Greek mythology, one of the Fates. The gods would spin the web of a person's destiny, and the Fates would carry out the gods' will by laying out the web, and cutting it when the person's life was to end. The three goddesses were called Moirai. They were Clotho (Spinner) who spun the thread of a persons life, Lachesis (Disposer of Lots) who determined the threads length and Atropos (Inflexible) who cut the thread when the person's life was to end. In modern Greek mythology, the Moirai will appear on the third night after a child is born and direct the course of its life. In Roman mythology, the Parcae (Fates) were Nona, Morta and Decuma. In French mythology, the Fates were called Parques. The Norse mythology called the Fates Norns. They were named Urth or Urd who was the past, Verthandi or Verdandi who was the present and Skuld who was the future. The Egyptians called the Fates the god Shai.

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  • Urd — can refer to any of the following:* Urd (Norn), one of the three Norns (fates) in Norse mythology * Urd (Oh My Goddess!), character in the manga and anime series Oh My Goddess! * Urd (Dungeons Dragons), a creature which appeared in the 2nd… …   Wikipedia

  • Urd — (altnordisch Urðr »Schicksal«), fast ausschließlich im Kontext der Quelle der Urd, ist eine der drei Schicksalsschwestern der nordischen Mythologie, die auch als Nornen bezeichnet werden. Urd steht für die Vergangenheit. Urd ist vermutlich… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Urd — er den ene af de tre skæbnegudinder, nornerne, der spinder de levendes livstråde og klipper dem til. Urd er gudinde for fortiden. Nornerne holder til ved Urds brønd under Yggdrasil i Asgård …   Danske encyklopædi

  • Urd — (nord. Myth.), s.u. Nornen 1) …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Urd — (Urdhr), eine der Nornen (s.d.) …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Urd — Urd: Symbol für das Ribonukleosid ↑ Uridin. * * * Ụrd,   altnordische Mythologie: eine der drei Nornen. * * * Ụrd (germ. Myth.): Norne der Vergangenheit …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Urd — Urd, Urda nordischer Name, Bedeutung: Gebieterin, angelehnt an die nordische Schicksalsgöttin. Bekannt aus der nordischen Mythologie als eine der drei Nornen (Beherrscherinnen des Schicksals) …   Deutsch namen

  • urd — [ʉrd] n. [Hindi] a hairy annual bean (Vigna mungo) of the pea family, with small, black, edible seeds …   English World dictionary

  • Urd — noun goddess of fate: a giantess who personified the past • Syn: ↑Urth • Instance Hypernyms: ↑Norn, ↑weird sister * * * ˈu̇(ə)rd, ˈərd noun or urd bean ( …   Useful english dictionary

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