NIGHTBRINGER | The Arthurian Encyclopedia

Urd


In Norse mythology, one of the three Fatal Sisters – the others were Schulda and Verandi – who presided over the past, present, and future.

In Thelwall’s The Fairy of the LakeRowena, wife of Vortigern, seeks their foresight during her quest to seduce Arthur.


Source
The Fairy of the Lake | John Thelwall, 1801