<P> It is suggested that the Pleiades are called the hens of Frigg or of Freya by Norse peoples . That the three stars of Orion's belt was called the Distaff of Frigg seems undoubtable - . </P> <P> See also Kukkuta Sastra in Divination . </P> <P> In Norse mythology, the crowing of three particular roosters occur at the beginning of the foretold events of Ragnarök . In the Poetic Edda poem Völuspá, references to Ragnarök begin from stanza 40 until 58, with the rest of the poem describing the aftermath . In the poem, a völva--a Nore seeress--recites information to the wisdom - seeking god Odin . In stanza 41, the völva says: </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> <P> Old Norse: </P> <Dl> <Dd> Fylliz fiǫrvi </Dd> <Dd> feigra manna, </Dd> <Dd> rýðr ragna siǫt </Dd> <Dd> rauðom dreyra . </Dd> <Dd> Svǫrt verða sólskin </Dd> <Dd> of sumor eptir, </Dd> <Dd> veðr ǫll válynd </Dd> </Dl> <Dl> <Dd> Vitoð ér enn, eða hvat? </Dd> </Dl> </Td> <Td> <P> English: </P> <Dl> <Dd> It sates itself on the life - blood </Dd> <Dd> of fated men, </Dd> <Dd> paints red the powers' homes </Dd> <Dd> with crimson gore . </Dd> <Dd> Black become the sun's beams </Dd> <Dd> in the summers that follow, </Dd> <Dd> weathers all treacherous . </Dd> </Dl> <Dl> <Dd> Do you still seek to know? And what? </Dd> </Dl> </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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