Norns

The daughters of the Earth Goddess Erda. They weave the ropes of destiny, and sing of the past, present and future at the World Tree Yggdrasil. In the Prologue of Gotterdammerung they sing of how the God Wotan breaking a branch from the tree to form his spear has caused the tree to decay and die. Soon Wotan will have Valhalla set alight, destroying the Gods. As they pull the rope it breaks. Lamenting the end of their knowledge the Norns vanish.