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Urðarbrunnr facts for kids

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Urðarbrunnr (Old Norse for the "Well of Urðr") is a well in Norse mythology. It is situated under the Yggdrasil or the world tree. Norse mythology is a version of the older northern Germanic mythology. The gods would travel via the bifrost with the exception of Thor as it was thought that he would break the bridge which took the form of a rainbow, to Urðarbrunnr. Here they would meet and decide things, presumably laws of nature and magic and love and war.


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  • Nornorna vid Urdarbrunnen

    The trio of norns at the well Urðarbrunnr as depicted in Fredrik Sander's 1893 translation of the Poetic Edda. Wood engraving by L. B. Hansen.

  • The Norns by H. L. M

    "The Norns" (1901) by Karl Ehrenberg.

  • Urd magazine

    A poster for the Norwegian women's magazine Urd by Andreas Bloch and Olaf Krohn.

  • Three Norns by Frølich

    Three norns at Urðarbrunnr (1895) by Lorenz Frølich.

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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Pozo de Urd para niños

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