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 They stretched out The golden cord, And beneath the middle Of the moon's mansion fixed it.

East and west They hid the ends, Where the prince had Lands between; Toward the north Nere's sister Cast a chain, Which she bade last forever.

Nay, in the Norseman's faith, man and all things about him were sustained by divine power. The norns decreed by rigid fate each man's career, which not even the gods could alter. Man was free to act, but all the consequences of his actions were settled beforehand.