These beings may be compared to the Greek Moirai and the Latin Parcae.
The Norns are three supernatural beings who, according to Norse mythology, decide the fate of men. They are symbolic entities in that they refer to the three moments of existence: the past (Urd), the present (Verdandi), and the future (Skuld). Skuld also represents the joy of the end and the return to origins in the cosmological sense.