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Verðandi In Norse mythology, Verðandi (Old Norse, meaning possibly "happening" or "present"), sometimes anglicized as Verdandi or Verthandi, is a norn. Along with Urðr (Old Norse "fate") and Skuld (possibly "debt" or "future"), Verðandi makes up a trio of Norns that are described as deciding the fates (wyrd) of people. Etymology Verðandi is literally the present tense of the Old Norse verb "verða", "to become", and is commonly translated as "in the making" or "that which is happening/becoming"; it is related to the Dutch word worden and the German word werden, both meaning "to become". Attestation Völuspá She appears in the following verse from the Poetic Edda poem Völuspá, along with Urðr and Skuld: Þaðan koma meyjar margs vitandi þrjár, ór þeim sal er und þolli stendr; Urð hétu eina, aðra Verðandi, skáru á skíði, Skuld ina þriðju; þær lög lögðu, þær líf kuru ald...

Apollon Alternative Names: Apollo, 아폴론, 아폴로, Phoebus, 포에부스, Phoibos, 포이부스 Apollon is the son of Zeus and Leto. His twin sister is Artemis. He is the god of music, playing a golden lyre. The Archer, far shooting with a silver bow. The god of healing who taught man medicine. The god of light. The god of truth, who can not speak a lie. One of Apollon's more important daily tasks is to harness his chariot with four horses an drive the Sun across the sky. He is famous for his oracle at Delphi. People traveled to it from all over the Greek world to divine the future. His tree was the laurel. The crow was his bird. The dolphin was his animal. Apollo and Aurora by Gérard de Lairesse

Aphrodite and Eros

Aphrodite and Ares

Aphrodite Abode: Mount Olympus Symbol: Dolphin, Rose, Scallop Shell, Myrtle, Dove, Sparrow, mirror, and Swan Consort: Hephaestus, Ares, Hermes, Dionysus and Anchises Parents: Uranus Siblings: The Woodlnad Nymphs, The Furies and The Gigantes Children: Eros, Phobos, Deimos, Harmonia, Anesta, Himeros, Hermaphroditos, Rhode, Peitho, Tyche, Eunomia, Charets and Aeneas Roman equivalent: Venus Goddess of love and beauty Aphrodite (Greek: Ἀφροδίτη, IPA: [apʰrodíːtɛː]; English: /ˌæfrɵˈdaɪtiː/; Latin: Venus) is the Greek goddess of love, desire, lust, beauty and sexuality.[2][3] According to Greek poet Hesiod, she was born when Cronus cut off Ouranos' genitals and threw them into the sea, and from the aphros (sea foam) arose Aphrodite.[4] Because of her beauty other gods feared that jealousy would interrupt the peace among them and lead to war, and so Zeus married her to Hephaestus, who was not viewed as a threat. Her unhappiness in marriage caused her to frequently seek out th...

Aphrodite

Aphrodite and Pan from Delos