Significance of The Lord's Prayer

This literally refers to the Lord's Prayer from the Bible. The prayer is often used as a defense against dire circumstances and is added on to chants or spells, such as is seen with Svaalberd's chant that is supposed to keep a wasp away. Astri asks Death for permission to recite the Lord's Prayer before he takes her away and he grants that request. She doesn't finish the prayer and believes that Death will be waiting for her as soon as she does finish it. She says it will be a challenge for her to live in the home of a minister without ever reciting the Lord's Prayer, but that she'll have to be careful not to do so.