Urðarbrunnr

E357070

location in Norse mythology mythological well sacred spring

Urðarbrunnr is the sacred well of fate in Norse mythology, where the Norns shape the destinies of gods and humans beneath the world tree Yggdrasil.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Urðarbrunnr canonical	4
Urdarbrunnr	3
Well of Urd	1
Well of Urðr	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	location in Norse mythology ⓘ mythological well ⓘ sacred spring ⓘ
altLabel	Urðarbrunnr self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Urdarbrunnr Well of Wyrd ⓘ surface form: Well of Fate Urðarbrunnr self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Well of Urðr Well of Wyrd ⓘ
associatedDeity	Fulla ⓘ surface form: Skuld Urðr ⓘ Verðandi ⓘ
associatedWith	destiny ⓘ fate ⓘ gods ⓘ humans ⓘ
category	Mythological wells ⓘ Norse cosmological locations ⓘ
cosmicFunction	junction between divine realm and fate ⓘ
cosmicLocation	Asgard ⓘ surface form: Ásgarðr
describedAs	sacred well of fate ⓘ
etymologyContains	Urðr ⓘ surface form: Urðr (Norn of fate) brunnr (Old Norse for well or spring) ⓘ
function	place where fate is shaped ⓘ
guardedBy	Norns ⓘ
hasNumberOfPrimaryGuardians	3 ⓘ
label	Urðarbrunnr self-link ⓘ
locatedAt	root of Yggdrasil ⓘ
locatedUnder	Yggdrasil ⓘ
mentionedIn	Poetic Edda ⓘ Prose Edda ⓘ
mythology	Norse mythology ⓘ
near	thing-stead of the gods ⓘ
partOf	cosmology of Norse mythology ⓘ
primarySourceAuthor	Snorri Sturluson ⓘ
relatedConcept	Norns ⓘ Yggdrasil ⓘ wyrd ⓘ
relatedMythicEvent	daily assembly of the gods at the well ⓘ
roleInMyth	place where Norns carve runes of fate ⓘ source of water used to sustain Yggdrasil ⓘ
sourceLanguage	Old Norse ⓘ
symbolizes	cosmic order ⓘ inevitability of fate ⓘ
temporalScope	shaping destinies of gods and humans throughout time ⓘ
visitedBy	Odin ⓘ Aesir ⓘ surface form: Æsir
waterUsedFor	sprinkling Yggdrasil to keep it green and healthy ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yggdrasil → hasWellAtRoot → Urðarbrunnr ⓘ

Mímir's well → relatedTo → Urðarbrunnr ⓘ

this entity surface form: Well of Urd

Norns → location → Urðarbrunnr ⓘ

this entity surface form: Urdarbrunnr

Norns → associatedWith → Urðarbrunnr ⓘ

this entity surface form: Urdarbrunnr

Urðarbrunnr → label → Urðarbrunnr self-link ⓘ

Urðarbrunnr → altLabel → Urðarbrunnr self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Urdarbrunnr

Urðarbrunnr → altLabel → Urðarbrunnr self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Well of Urðr

Hvergelmir → hasOppositionOrContrastWith → Urðarbrunnr ⓘ

spring Hvergelmir → relatedTo → Urðarbrunnr ⓘ

subject surface form: Hvergelmir