Nornas, in the Norse mythology the three Fates—the Past, the Present, and the Future; maidens or dames who water the roots of Iggdrasil (q.v.), the ash-tree of existence, and determine the destinies of both gods and men.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Normandy * Norrköping