Three fates, "norns", prophesy at child's birth

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Three fates, "norns", prophesy at child's birth.

Ordaining the future. · Prophecies. · Prophecies. · view the constellation · filed as M301.12

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

IcelandicCorpus Poeticum Boreale I 131, FFC LXXIII xxxvii, *Boberg.

Within the index

Filed under Prophets.

Filed beside it

Prophet destined never to be believed Prophet speaks six nights each year Wild man as prophet Old woman as prophet Druids as prophets Prophecies from old man who writes in a book Saints (holy men) as prophets Fairies as prophets Biblical worthy as prophet Personification prophesies Half-wit as prophet Angels as prophets. (Cf. V230.)Spirit as prophet. (Cf. F400.)Icelandic guardian spirits, "spádísar", prophesy victory Summoned dead prophesies Mountain in human shape prophesies whole family's death

Travels with

Prophecy: future greatness of unborn child. (Cf. M301.2.2, M301.5.1, M301.12, M359.3, M371.1.)

Carried in tale types

Tales of the Predestined Death (previously The Prince and the Storm) · ATU 93412 recorded variants
Alcestis · ATU 8991 recorded variant

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