What binds a god to
his doom?
At the roots of the
world-tree,
by the Well of Urd,
the Norse placed the answer.
Here stand the Norns—Urd,
Verdandi,
Skuld—keeping time.
They water the roots,
score runes,
and set destinies for gods
and mortals.
Approach,
and the past,
present,
and debt tighten into one
thread.