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The Three Fates by Paul Thumann, 19th century. When they were three, [36] the Moirai were: Clotho (/ ˈ k l oʊ θ oʊ /, Greek Κλωθώ, [klɔːtʰɔ̌ː], "spinner") spun the thread of life from her distaff onto her spindle. Her Roman equivalent was Nona ("the ninth"), who was originally a goddess called upon in the ninth month of pregnancy.
The Moirai, meaning "allotted portion" or "share", separated each sister into a different role in order to handle the fates of humans. The Fates were expected to appear within three days of a mortal's birth. [2] Clotho was the first of the three, known as "the spinner" because she wove the threads of human life while in the womb. [3]
Statue in Druid Ridge Cemetery, near Baltimore, Maryland, that represents the Greek fate Clotho The Triumph of Death, or The Three Fates. Flemish tapestry (probably Brussels, ca. 1510–1520). Victoria and Albert Museum, London Clotho, 1893 by Camille Claudel. Clotho (/ ˈ k l oʊ θ oʊ /; Greek: Κλωθώ) or Klotho, is a mythological figure.
The three fates, Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos, who spin, draw out and cut the thread of life.(Flemish tapestry, Victoria and Albert Museum, London)Lachesis (/ ˈ l æ k ɪ s ɪ s / LAK-iss-iss; Ancient Greek: Λάχεσις, romanized: Lákhesis, lit.
Atropos (/ ˈ æ t r ə p ɒ s,-p ə s /; [1] [2] Ancient Greek: Ἄτροπος "without turn"), in Greek mythology, was the third of the Three Fates or Moirai, goddesses of fate and destiny. Her Roman equivalent was Morta. Atropos was the eldest of the Three Fates and was known as "the Inflexible One."
Ananke the personification of Necessity, above the Moirai, the Fates. Aeschylus, the famous tragedian, gave an account in his Prometheus Bound where the Moirai were called the helmsman of the goddess Ananke along with the three Erinyes: [18] Prometheus: Not in this way is Moira (Fate), who brings all to fulfillment, destined to complete this ...
The earliest extant documents referencing these deities are three small stelae (cippi) found near ancient Lavinium shortly after World War II. [10] They bear the inscription: Neuna fata, Neuna dono, Parca Maurtia dono. The names of two of the three Roman Parcae are recorded (Neuna = Nona, Maurtia = Morta) and connected to the concept of fata. [11]
Various triune or triple goddesses, or deities who appeared in groupings of three, were known to ancient religion. Well-known examples include the Tridevi (Saraswati, Lakshmi, and Parvati), Triglav (Slavs), the Charites (Graces), the Horae (Seasons, of which there were three in the ancient Hellenistic reckoning), and the Moirai (Fates).