Clotho

thumb|Clotho and Peleus from a Roman mosaic from [[Cyprus, 5th-century AD.]]

thumb|Statue in Druid Ridge Cemetery, near Baltimore, Maryland, that represents the Greek fate Clotho thumb|The Triumph of Death, or The Three Fates. Flemish tapestry (probably Brussels, ca. 1510–1520). [[Victoria and Albert Museum, London]] thumb|Clotho, 1893 by Camille Claudel Clotho (; ) or Klotho, is a mythological figure. She was one of the Three Fates or Moirai. In ancient Greek mythology, she spins the thread of human life while her sisters draw out (Lachesis) and cut (Atropos) the thread. She is generally considered the youngest of the three Fates, although in some later sources, such as Giovanni Boccaccio’s Genealogia Deorum Gentilium, she is described as the eldest among the Moirai. She also made major decisions, such as when a person was born, thus in effect controlling people's lives. This power enabled her not only to choose who was born, but also to decide when deities or mortals were to be saved or put to death. For example, Clotho resurrected Pelops when his father killed him. Her Roman equivalent is Nona.