Verdandi

This article is about the Norn in Norse mythology. For the asteroid of the same name (621) Werdandi .

Verdandi (Verðandi, Werdandi; Nordic for becoming ) is next to Skuld and Urd one of the three Norns , the goddesses of fate in Norse mythology . In this trinity it represents the present. Verdandi is mentioned in the Song Edda in the first song of the gods Völuspá , in the Snorra Edda she appears in the 15th chapter of Gylfaginning .

In other media

In the manga series Oh! My Goddess by Kōsuke Fujishima appears in Verðandi as a character. Due to the transliteration of old Nordic into Japanese, Verðandi bears the name Berudandī ( Katakanaベ ル ダ ン デ ィ). This in turn became "Belldandy" internationally.

literature

• François-Xavier Dillmann :  Norns. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 21, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2002, ISBN 3-11-017272-0 , pp. 388-394.
• Rudolf Simek : Lexicon of Germanic Mythology (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 368). 3rd, completely revised edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-520-36803-X .