Norse mythology has never been a great interest of mine. I will freely admit to first discovering Verdandi in the guise of Belldandy, in the manga Ah, My Goddess!. There she is a lovely goddess who, with her two sisters, has come to earth to help a collage student named Keiichi Morisato. In the anime and manga, she is an exceptional kind person who goes out of her way to help people. How I could I not help but like her, and maybe wish I was a little bit like her.

Verdandi, though, is a bit different than Belldandy. She too has two sisters, Urd and Skuld. Together they make up the Norns, the Norse version of the Fates. Verdandi is the middle sister, and the goddess who handles necessity. Urd is the goddess of fate, and Skuld the goddess of being. The goddess are also tasked with keeping the World Tree Yggdrasil from decaying by pouring water from the Well of Fate over its branches.

The goddess Verdandi is also know as “that which is becoming”, or the goddess of the present. Urd is “that which has become” (the past), and Skuld is the goddess of the future, “that which should become.” The goddess weave a giant tapestry, on which everyone, including the gods, have a thread.

Sources:
Encyclopdia Mythica – Norns
Wikipedia – Norns
The Ancient and Shining Ones by DJ Conway