The dawn-men went to red Verthandi, who was then named War. And because they thought that had an ungracious sound that would keep others from following them, they renamed it, calling it Present. That was a jest in their tongue, for the same word meant Now and The Gift.
Verðandi (Mars) is a Norn from Norse mythologi, like Urðr (Urth) and Skuld (Venus?)
