The Nornir: A Song & Prayer

[lokis_dottir]

Goddesses gather at the well
Found at the base of the tree
Show us what has been and
what may yet come to be

Verdande, Skuld and Urd
Web-Weavers Three
Show us what has been and
what may yet come to be

Hamingja, Orlog or Wyrd, Ladies tell us what you see

Comments

[buruna_enu]

Love it!

I'll think on that Orlog/Wyrd thing too.

But isn't it that Orlog is the personal strand of Wyrd, and Wyrd just describes all of Wyrd?

Or am I showing myself to be unstudied in the original langauges?

[lokis_dottir]

Buruna, no I do concur your understanding is in the ballpark

[lokis_dottir]

Orlog is the 'rules' the 'laws' those things that cannot be changed.

I.e. who my biological parents are, the circumstances of my birth. Wyrd is created by the combination of orlog, and those things we and those around us do in the present, the combination makes wyrd.

Or if you will, orlog is the warp threads of a tapestry (these are constants), and the pattern of myrd is made by weaving weft threads over/under the warp threads.

[buruna_enu]

P.S.

You can really rock a rhyme!

[lokis_dottir]

Thanks for the compliments. :) I'm actually passing this song, and others onto a musician, who will be working in instrumentation and add another level of polish to these songs (hopefully better singing than mine too!). I'm looking forward to the final product, and actually having sheet music for this and other pieces. :)