Urd

Urd is one of the three Norns of Norse mythology, adapted into Marvel's cosmic pantheon. Alongside her sisters Skuld and Verdandi, she represents fate itself — specifically the past — and wields influence over the destinies of gods and mortals alike.

Born in the fertile imagination of Stan Lee and Larry Lieber during Marvel's Silver Age golden run, Urd made her debut in the legendary Journey into Mystery #102 in 1964 — a comic already crackling with mythological thunder. A figure drawn from Norse legend and woven into the tapestry of Marvel's cosmic mythology, she moves through stories alongside titans like Thor Odinson, Loki, and her fellow Norns Skuld and Verdandi, keeping genuinely rarefied company. With key-issue appearances among her slim but significant catalog and a presence that stretches across nearly five decades into Marvel Fanfare and Siege: X-Men, Urd is one of those quietly enduring threads in Marvel's grand mythological weave — a character whose roots reach all the way back to the House of Ideas at its most adventurous.