Bailey Stauffer is a first-year student at Western Washington University. She has decided to major in English, and hopes to be a teacher someday, because she loves working with kids. She graduated high school just a few months ago, and… Continue Reading →
Adkins, A.W.H., and John Richard Thornhill Pollard. “Greek Mythology.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 5 Dec. 2018, www.britannica.com/topic/Greek-mythology. Bek-Pedersen, Karen. The Norns in Old Norse Mythology. Dunedin Academic Press, 3 Nov. 2011. Gaiman, Neil. Norse Mythology. First edition. New York:… Continue Reading →
Conclusion We found that fear could have been a driving factor in the discussion of fate, as some believed the physical representations of fate were more powerful than the gods themselves. Lack of knowledge and a sense of injustice might… Continue Reading →
Discussion Going into this project, we weren’t entirely sure what we were going to uncover, it was unclear as to why people talked about fate so much in their respective mythologies. Drawing from our findings, we see that… Continue Reading →
Findings We found some similarities between each of the physical representations of fate. For one, fate is portrayed by three supernatural women in both Greek and Norse mythology. The two sets of women also seem to control life and death,… Continue Reading →
Methodology We sifted through a few articles about the Norns, the Moirae (a.k.a the Greek Fates), and Shai, god of fate, in Egyptian mythology. A very useful book found on the nornir was titled The Norns in Old Norse Mythology… Continue Reading →
Background There have been many studies done and books written about mythology of all shapes and forms. We dug through a large list of them just to get to the core of our research, the specific theme of fate… Continue Reading →
Introduction Picture this: You’re 8 years old and buzzing with excitement, because in class today, your teacher told you that the book fair is next week. You rush home, showing the red book catalog to your mom or dad, and… Continue Reading →
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