The Norns tend Yggdrasil daily, drawing water from the Well of Urðr and mixing it with clay to pour over the tree's roots, healing the damage done by Níðhöggr and other creatures.
The Norns dwell at Urðarbrunnr beneath the World Tree, drawing its sacred waters each day to nourish Yggdrasil's roots and carving the runes that fix the fates of gods and mortals.
The three Norns — Urðr, Verðandi, and Skuld — dwell at the Well of Urðr beneath Yggdrasil, where they carve runes of fate and water the World Tree to keep it from rotting.
The Norse Norns and their Germanic counterparts descend from the same Proto-Germanic tradition of fate-determining female beings who preside over the destiny of gods and mortals alike.
The Norns tend Yggdrasil at the Well of Urðr where the Æsir hold their daily council. The Norns' decrees of fate govern even the gods, as described in Völuspá.
The Norns tend Yggdrasil by pouring water and clay from the Well of Urðr onto its roots, countering the damage Níðhöggr inflicts from below. Their nurturing opposes the dragon's destruction.
Odin rides daily to the Well of Urðr where the Norns hold court. Despite his wisdom, Odin cannot alter the fates they decree — including his own death by Fenrir at Ragnarök.
The Norns carve runes into the wood of Yggdrasil, inscribing the laws and fates of all beings into the World Tree's bark so that no power in the Nine Worlds can erase what has been decreed.
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