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Norse Mythology underpins a lot of the names in [[Creatures]] -
 
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*[[Norn]]s are "the three old women who sit round a giant tree spinning men's fates, Urd(fate), Skuld(necessity) and Verdandi(being)." Also the name of a language which descended from old norse, which was spoken in the Shetland and Orkney islands. The extinction of the language is believe to come about the 15th century, when the islands were ceded to Scotland, and it's government discouraged the language, replacing it.
 
*[[Norn]]s are "the three old women who sit round a giant tree spinning men's fates, Urd(fate), Skuld(necessity) and Verdandi(being)." Also the name of a language which descended from old norse, which was spoken in the Shetland and Orkney islands. The extinction of the language is believe to come about the 15th century, when the islands were ceded to Scotland, and it's government discouraged the language, replacing it.

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Norse Mythology underpins a lot of the names in Creatures -

Norse Mythology Norns
  • Norns are "the three old women who sit round a giant tree spinning men's fates, Urd(fate), Skuld(necessity) and Verdandi(being)." Also the name of a language which descended from old norse, which was spoken in the Shetland and Orkney islands. The extinction of the language is believe to come about the 15th century, when the islands were ceded to Scotland, and it's government discouraged the language, replacing it.
  • The Grendel was a monster, slain by Beowulf.
  • Yggsdrasil was the World Tree, binding heaven, hell and earth.
  • The Shee, or more properly, Sidhe, were faerie folk. They must have seemed all-powerful to the ordinary humans, as are the Shee to the other Creatures.
  • The Ettins were two or three-headed creatures of English mythology who liked to ask riddles.
  • Albia, or rather, Albion, was the name for the ancient island of Britain.
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