Arthur Rackham (British, 1867-1939) - The Three Norns (1911)

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Arthur Rackham (British, 1867-1939) - The Three Norns (1911)
//Guys, my Runic Tarot deck is beyond beautiful, let me show you a few cards here - it was tempting to take a pic of each and every one of them, the design is just stunning! But tumblr only allows ten pics per post... 😫 Full video is here about them, and here's the deck if you'd like to buy it! (Hi @obscurebelief- you asked for pics! 😉)
I really really love this card. I associate Loki with fire (his rune is Kanuaz which is fire, knowledge, torch, amoung other things), and the view of this warrior surrounded by the dead, trying to get the log catch fire while Loki could so easily give it, but doesn't... or does he? 😏 For what price? When lives depend on fire in the snowy mountains - Naudiz rune is the 'need' that resides in us all, and we all need warmth to stay alive, and Loki hushes us not to tell he has it, such a little shit. 🤣🥰 I love this card. 💚 And his tattoos! 👀
(I could write pages about the gods and the desings but I won't, believe me when I say these are the best interpretations I've ever seen, all of them are excellent!)
And this is the back of the cards:
They hum with so much energy. ✨️ I will start carrying them around tomorrow, flip through the cards, getting used to them. 💚 This deck was worth every penny.
The tree Norns, Ribe Viking Center, Denmark
Some of my development sketches for ROK The Web of Wyrd
New Ever After High OC! Norma Fate is the adopted daughter of the three Norns, who are, according to the Ever After High wiki not an acceptable Fairytale parent....hope though you like her nonetheless and appreciate her, because she was a ton of work and I like her very much.
The cosmology (how the world is constructed) of Old Norse religion features an ash tree at the center of all reality, with three roots drinking water from three important springs.
The idea of world trees, world-bearing pillars or a central "axis" can be found in many different religions.
The three norns Urðr, Verðandi and Skuld at the well Urðarbrunnr