Comparative mythology corpus

Fate Figures Determining A Child’s Destiny At Birth

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Norse Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER XIV: HERMOD / CHAPTER XV: VIDAR / CHAPTER XVI: VALI / CHAPTER XVII: THE NORNS; lines 6291-6393 high Skuld decrees that the child will live only as long as the bedside taper; the eldest Norn extinguishes the taper and gives the stump to the mother with instructions not to light it until her son is weary of life. record