Editor’s note: this post was revised and updated on 18 April 2023. “I do not try to understand the great pattern the Norns are weaving, for that is beyond the ken of any man. But I do believe it can be possible, at times, for a man to discern the path the Norns would have him travel – to sense which choices will make his life fit smoothly into their plan, and further it.” -“Hastein,” Judson Roberts, The Strongbow Saga, Book Four: The Long Hunt The Norns (Old Norse: norn, plural: nornir) in Norse mythology are female beings who