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Norns
The Norns (Old Norse: norn, plural: nornir) of Norse mythology are three dísirs by the names of Urd (the past), Verdandi (the being) and Skuld (what is to come). (Skuld was also the name of a Valkyrie.

The theme of weaving in mythology is ancient, and its lost mythic lore probably accompanied the early spread of this art. Westward of Central Asia and the Iranian plateau, weaving is a mystery within woman's sphere, and where men have become the primary weavers in this part of the world, it is possible that they have usurped the archaic role.

Weaving begins with spinning. Until the spinning wheel was invented in the 14th century, all spinning was done with distaff and spindle. In English the "distaff side" indicates relatives through one's mother, and thereby denotes a woman's role in the household economy.
In Scandinavia, the stars of Orion's belt are Friggjar rockr, "Frigga’s distaff".

Dine (Navajo)

Many of the world's people understand that the world is woven and that a weaving Creator wove its designs into being. Compare the Navajo|Dine legend of the Spider Woman, of Teotihuacan origin.

For the Norse peoples, Frigg was the goddess of spinning, household management, and domestic arts.

Spinning is also a theme of the sacred narratives of triune goddesses the Norn ("The Fates"). The Norn are the spinners of the Wyrd, which may be translated into English as 'The Web Synchronicity and Reciprocity'. Urd, whose name may be rendered 'Origin Of Existence', is the elder and is oft-depicted as an aged grandmother or crone. Verdandi, whose name may be translated as 'That Which Is Becoming', is oft-depicted in the guise of a mother. Skuld, whose name may be understood as 'That Which Should Be' the youngest and oft-depicted as a shapely maiden. Urd, Verdandi and Skuld are often rather simplisticly attributed as personfications of Past, Present and Future, respectively. Though this is partially true it is also erroneous in its simplicity: though three, the Norn are understood to be one and primordial. In the shade of the canopy of Yggdrasil (amongst whose roots they live and tender) the Three work the Wyrd as One: Urd spins, Verdandi allots, Skuld shears.

The Scandinavian "Song of the Spear", quoted in "Njals Saga", gives a detailed description of Valkyries as women weaving on a loom, with severed heads for weights, arrows for shuttles, and human gut for the warp, singing an exultant song of carnage

Celts

Among the Celts, the healing goddess Brigid is a spinner.

French

Weavers had a repertory of tales: in the 15th century Jean d'Arras, a Northern French tale-teller (trouvere), assembled a collection of stories entitled Les Vangiles de Quenouille ("Spinners' Tales"). Its frame story is that these are narrated among a group of ladies at their spinning.

Tang

In Tang Dynasty China, the weaving goddess floated down on a shaft of moonlight with her two attendants, showed to the upright court official Guo Han in his garden that a goddess's robe is seamless for it is woven without the use of needle and thread, entirely on the loom. The phrase "a goddess's robe is seamless" passed into an idiom to express perfect workmanship. This idiom is also used to mean a perfect, comprehensive plan.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaving_(mythology)