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* FairyGodmother: After naming the norns Urd, Skuld and Verdandi, the guardians of the Well of Urd, "Gylfaginning" adds (ch. 15) that there are yet more norns who visit newborn children to "shape their lives":
-->''There are yet more norns, namely those who come to every man when he is born, to shape his life, and these are known to be of the race of gods; others, on the other hand, are of the race of elves, and yet others are of the race of dwarfs.''
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* FairyGodmother: After naming the norns Urd, Skuld and Verdandi, the guardians of the Well of Urd, "Gylfaginning" adds (ch. 15) that there are yet more norns who visit newborn children to "shape their lives":
-->''There are yet more norns, namely those who come to every man when he is born, to shape his life, and these are known to be of the race of gods; others, on the other hand, are of the race of elves, and yet others are of the race of dwarfs.''
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* ChasteSeparatingSword: Gunnar cannot pass Brynhild's EngagementChallenge, but Sigurd can. Serving as RomanticWingman, Sigurd shapeshifts as Gunnar and they switch places. Sigurd passes the challenge and marries Brynhild in Gunnar's stead. To refrain from consummating the marriage, Sigurd lays his sword Gram between him and Brynhild at night until he and Gunnar can switch back.
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One of the two books referred to as ''Eddas'', the ''Prose Edda'' is a poetic manual composed by Creator/SnorriSturluson in c. 1220 CE in UsefulNotes/{{Iceland}}. The book was first known as ''Edda'', then as ''Snorra Edda'' ([[InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt Snorri's Edda]]), and finally as ''Prose Edda'' to distinguish it from the ''Literature/PoeticEdda''. The name ''Edda'' has often been taken to mean "great-grandmother", but this interpretation is considered outdated; state of the art is that it derives from the Latin "edo", "I compose poetry".

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One of the two books referred to as ''Eddas'', the ''Prose Edda'' is a poetic manual composed by Creator/SnorriSturluson in c. 1220 CE in UsefulNotes/{{Iceland}}. The book was first known as ''Edda'', then as ''Snorra Edda'' ([[InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt Snorri's Edda]]), and finally as ''Prose Edda'' to distinguish it from the ''Literature/PoeticEdda''. The name ''Edda'' has often been taken to mean "great-grandmother", but this interpretation is considered outdated; state of the art is that it derives from the Latin "edo", "I compose poetry".
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One of the two books referred to as ''Literature/{{Edda}}s'', the ''Prose Edda'' is a poetic manual composed by Creator/SnorriSturluson in c. 1220 CE in UsefulNotes/{{Iceland}}. The book was first known as ''Edda'', then as ''Snorra Edda'' ([[InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt Snorri's Edda]]), and finally as ''Prose Edda'' to distinguish it from the ''Literature/PoeticEdda''. The name ''Edda'' has often been taken to mean "great-grandmother", but this interpretation is considered outdated; state of the art is that it derives from the Latin "edo", "I compose poetry".

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One of the two books referred to as ''Literature/{{Edda}}s'', ''Eddas'', the ''Prose Edda'' is a poetic manual composed by Creator/SnorriSturluson in c. 1220 CE in UsefulNotes/{{Iceland}}. The book was first known as ''Edda'', then as ''Snorra Edda'' ([[InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt Snorri's Edda]]), and finally as ''Prose Edda'' to distinguish it from the ''Literature/PoeticEdda''. The name ''Edda'' has often been taken to mean "great-grandmother", but this interpretation is considered outdated; state of the art is that it derives from the Latin "edo", "I compose poetry".

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* EvilMakesYouMonstrous: After Fafnir has murdered his father and chased away his brother over Andvari's gold, he turns into a dragon to guard his treasure. While this is a voluntary transformation, he never shifts out of his dragon shape afterwards.



* EvilMakesYouMonstrous: After Fafnir has murdered his father and chased away his brother over Andvari's gold, he turns into a dragon to guard his treasure. While this is a voluntary transformation, he never shifts out of his dragon shape afterwards.
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* TheStarsAreGoingOut: High says about Ragnarok that at the end of Fimbulwinter (a winter which will last three normal years), giant wolves will devour the son and the moon, and "[t]he stars will disappear from the sky". Afterwards, the wolf Fenrir breaks his chain, and the enemies of the Aesir gather to challenge the Aesir to battle ("Gylfaginning").

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* TheStarsAreGoingOut: High says about Ragnarok that at the end of Fimbulwinter (a winter which will last three normal years), giant wolves will devour the son and the moon, and "[t]he stars will disappear from the sky". Afterwards, the wolf Fenrir breaks his chain, and the enemies of the Aesir gather to challenge the Aesir to battle ("Gylfaginning").battle.

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