Urd Well

The three Nornas, the nameless eagle and the Ratatösk squirrel in the Yggdrasil tree, understood here as an oak tree; at the foot of the tree, the well of Urd. Illustration by Ludwig Burger (1825 - 1884) for the work of Wilhelm Wägner Nordic Germanic gods and heroes (Nordisch-Germanische Götter und Helden, 1882). Ed. Otto Spamer (1820 - 1886), Leipzig and Berlin.

In the Asgard of Norse mythology, the Well of Urd fed one of the roots of the Yggdrasil tree. Relationship with Völuspá

In the Vision of the fortune teller (Völuspá) you can find the Well of Urd in verses 19 and 20: I know that a sacred ash is watered, the high Yggdrasil, with white slime; that is the dew coming down from the valley; next to the well of Urd always green rises. Very wise women come from there, three, of the waters that are under the tree; one Urd was called, the other Verdandi, Skuld the third; the destinations ruled, they gave their lives to humans, their luck to men ...

In these verses, the fortune teller is telling how the so-called Nornas water the tree, and also tells us about the well of Urd that it is a source of wisdom. The Norns take from the water of the well and the mud that is around the source and spray the ash so that its branches do not dry or rot. The water of Urd is so sacred that everything that reaches the source becomes white.

The dew which falls from him on the earth of men is called the dew of honey, and the bees feed on it. Two swans feed on the source of Urd, and from them the species of swans is born.

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