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  2. Moirai - Wikipedia

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    In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Moirai (/ ˈ m ɔɪ r aɪ,-r iː /)—often known in English as the Fates—were the personifications of destiny. They were three sisters: Clotho (the spinner), Lachesis (the allotter), and Atropos (the inevitable, a metaphor for death). Their Roman equivalent is the Parcae. [1]

  3. Fates - Wikipedia

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    Tenth-century German ecclesiastical writings denounce the popular belief in three sisters who determined the course of a man's life at his birth. [22] An Old Irish hymn attests to seven goddesses who were believed to weave the thread of destiny, which demonstrates that these spinster fate-goddesses were present in Celtic mythology as well. [27]

  4. Parcae - Wikipedia

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    Les Parques ("The Parcae," ca. 1885) by Alfred Agache The Three Parcae (1540-1550), by Marco Bigio, in Villa Barberini, Rome Fireback with Parcae. In ancient Roman religion and myth, the Parcae (singular, Parca) were the female personifications of destiny who directed the lives (and deaths) of humans and gods.

  5. Clotho - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Wyrd - Wikipedia

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    Adjectival use of wyrd developed in the 15th century, in the sense 'having the power to control destiny', originally in the name of the Weird Sisters, i.e. the classical Fates, who in the Elizabethan period were detached from their classical background and given an English personification as fays. The Three Witches by Henry Fuseli (1783)

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    What do the astrologers predict about Chiefs v. Eagles? Four astrologers made their predictions about the 2025 Super Bowl, studying how cosmic events will intersect with players' charts, plus the ...

  9. Lachesis - Wikipedia

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    Normally seen clothed in white, Lachesis is the measurer of the thread spun on Clotho's spindle, and in some texts, determines Destiny, or thread of life. [1] Her Roman equivalent was Decima. Lachesis was the apportioner, deciding how much time for life was to be allowed for each person or being. [2] She measured the thread of life with her rod.