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The fates had at least three known temples, in Ancient Corinth, Sparta and Thebes. At least the temple of Corinth contained statues of them: "[On the Akropolis (Acropolis) of Korinthos (Corinth):] The temple of the Moirai (Moirae, Fates) and that of Demeter and Kore (Core) [Persephone] have images that are not exposed to view." [80]
The Fates, minor characters in Netflix's adult animation Blood of Zeus. The Fates, referenced in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness; The Great Mothers Dathomirian Nightsisters in Ahsoka; The Fates/Moirai, referenced in Edward P. Willey's poem The Moirai as “the three withered maiden aunts”. [36]
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.
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."
The three fates, Clotho, ... 'to obtain by lot, by fate, or by the will of the gods'), in ancient Greek religion, was the middle of the Three Fates, or Moirai; ...
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).
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Moreover, theories have been proposed that the idea that there are three main norns may be due to a late influence from Greek and Roman mythology, where there are also spinning fate goddesses (Moirai and Parcae). [2]