The inspiration for these paintings are the tales about the Norns in old Norse mythology.
The Norns are female beings who rule the destiny of gods and men. They are called Urd, Verdande and Skuld, and they weave the threads of the destiny (or fate) of each individual at birth.
They roughly correspond to other controllers of humans’ destiny, such as the Fates, elsewhere in European mythology. In Greek mythology, they’re collectively known as the Moirai, and their names are Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos. Clotho (whose name means spinner) spins the thread of each person’s life, Lachesis (the allotter) measures the thread, and then Atropos (the inevitable) cuts the thread.
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