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The Moirai, known in English as the Fates, were goddesses in ancient Greek mythology who personified human destiny and were typically depicted as three sisters—Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos—each representing different aspects of fate from spinning life's thread to determining its length to bringing death. They matter as a central concept in ancient Greek religion and culture, reflecting how people understood the forces that controlled human lives and the inevitability of fate.
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Key facts
- Deity.name
- Moirai
- Deity.type
- greek
- Deity.deity_of
- Personifications of the fates
- Deity.parents
- NyxZeus and ThemisAnanke
- Deity.symbol
- Thread, dove, spindle, scissors
- Deity.other_names
- ClothoLachesisAtropos
- Deity.image
- Paphos Haus des Theseus - Mosaik Achilles 3 Moiren.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Late second-century Greek mosaic from the House of Theseus (at Paphos Archaeological Park, Cyprus), showing the three Moirai: Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, standing behind Peleus and Thetis, the parents of Achilles
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- time and fate deity
- Has part
- Atropos
- Father
- Cronus
- Mother
- Ananke
- Image
- William Blake 006.jpg
- Said to be same as
- Parcae
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- Commons category
- Moirae
- native label
- Μοίρες
- topic's main category
- Category:Moirai
- worshipped by
- Greek mythology
- present in work
- Iliad
- different from
- moai
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Article · Italiano
Le tre Moire (in greco antico: Μοῖραι, Mòirai), assimilate anche alle Parche romane e alle Norne norrene, sono figure appartenenti alla mitologia greca. Nei poemi omerici compare una sola Moira. Nella Teogonia di Esiodo compaiono due volte: come figlie della Notte e come figlie di Zeus e Temi, erano la personificazione del destino ineluttabile. Il loro compito era tessere il filo del fato di ogni uomo, svolgerlo ed, infine, reciderlo segnandone la morte.
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