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. In, the Moirai or Moerae or (: Μοῖραι, 'apportioners'), often known in English as the Fates (: Fata), were the white-robed incarnations of; their equivalent was the (euphemistically the 'sparing ones'). Their number became fixed at three: (spinner), (allotter) and (literally 'unturnable' but metaphorically 'inflexible' or 'inevitable' - i.e. They controlled the mother thread of life of every mortal from birth to death. They were independent, at the helm of necessity, directed fate, and watched that the fate assigned to every being by eternal laws might take its course without obstruction.

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The gods and men had to submit to them, although relationship with them is a matter of debate: some sources say he is the only one who can command them (the Zeus Moiragetes), yet others suggest he was also bound to the Moirai's dictates. In the poems Moira or Aisa, is related with the limit and end of life, and appears as the guider of destiny. In the of, the three Moirai are personified, daughters of and are acting over the gods. Later they are daughters of and, who was the embodiment of divine order and law.

In the Three Fates are daughters of (necessity). It seems that Moira is related with (proof, ordinance) and with (destiny, necessity), who were primeval goddesses in. The ancient Greek writers might call this power Moira or, and even the gods could not alter what was ordained.

The concept of a universal principle of natural order has been compared to similar concepts in other cultures like the, the and the. In earliest, the of is based on these beliefs.

The goddess (justice, divine retribution), keeps the order and sets a limit to any actions. The Three Fates by (19th century) When they were three, the Moirai were:. (, Greek Κλωθώ – 'spinner') spun the thread of life from her onto her. Her Roman equivalent was, (the 'Ninth'), who was originally a goddess called upon in the ninth month of. (, Greek Λάχεσις ˈlakʰesis – 'allotter' or drawer of lots) measured the thread of life allotted to each person with her. Her Roman equivalent was (the 'Tenth').

(, Greek Ἄτροπος ˈatropos – 'inexorable' or 'inevitable', literally 'unturning', sometimes called Aisa) was the cutter of the thread of life. She chose the manner of each person's death; and when their time was come, she cut their life-thread with 'her abhorred '.

Her Roman equivalent was ('Dead One'). In the of, the three Moirai sing in unison with the music of the. Sings the things that were, the things that are, and the things that are to be. In his Hymn to the Fates, holds them in high honour.

He calls them to send their sisters, (Lawfulness), (Right), and (Peace), to stop the internal civil strife: Listen Fates, who sit nearest of gods to the throne of Zeus, and weave with shuttles of adamant, inescapable devices for councels of every kind beyond counting, and, fine-armed daughters of, hearken to our prayers, all-terrible goddesses, of sky and earth. Send us rose-bossomed Lawfulness, and her sisters on glittering thrones, Right and crowned Peace, and make this city forget the misfortunes which lie heavily on her heart. The three Moirai, or the triumph of death, Flemish c. 1520, London In ancient times caves were used for burial purposes in eastern, along with underground shrines or temples. The priests and the priestesses had considerable influence upon the world of the living.

Births are recorded in such shrines, and the legend of conception and birth in the tomb – as in the story of - is based on the ancient belief that the dead know the future. Such caves were the caves of and mountains in, where myth situates the birth of and other gods, and the cave of near. The relative goddesses were named (later identified with ), who was a mountain of hunting, and who was the goddess of childbirth. It seems that in Pre-Greek religion Aisa was a. In religion Aisa or Moira was originally a living power related with the limit and end of life. At the moment of birth she spins the destiny, because birth ordains death.

Later Aisa is not alone, but she is accompanied by the 'Spinners', who are the personifications of. The act of spinning is also associated with the gods, who at birth and at marriage do not spin the thread of life, but individual events like destruction, return or good fortune.

Everything which has been spun must be winded on the spindle, and this was considered a cloth, like a net or loop which captured man. Invisible bonds and knots could be controlled from a loom, and twining was a magic art used by the magicians to harm a person, and control his individual fate. Similar ideas appear in, and in Greek folklore. The appearance of the gods and the Moirai may be related to the fairy tale motif, which is common in many sagas and also in Greek folklore. The fairies appear beside the cradle of the newborn child and bring gifts to him. The services of the temples were performed by old women who were physically misshapen, though intellectually superior persons, giving rise to the fear of witches and of the misshapen.

They might be considered representations of the Moirai, who belonged to the underworld, but secretly guided the lives of those in the upperworld. Their power could be sustained by witchcraft and oracles. In the Moirai at birth are accompanied.

At the birth of they use together a magic art, to free the newborn from any 'bonds' and 'knots'. The Homeric Moira.

An 1886 bas-relief figure of in the Old Supreme Court Chamber at the. Much of the religion survived into, but it is not known to what extent Greek religious belief is Mycenean, nor how much is a product of the or later. Detected only few authentic Mycenean beliefs in the 8th-century world. The religion which later the Greeks considered embodies a paradox.

Though the world is dominated by a divine power bestowed in different ways on men, nothing but 'darkness' lay ahead. Life was frail and unsubstantial, and man was like 'a shadow in a dream'. In the poems the words moira, aisa, moros mean 'portion, part'.

Originally they did not indicate a power which led destiny, and must be considered to include the 'ascertainment' or 'proof'. By extension Moira is the portion in glory, happiness, mishappenings, death (μοίρα θανάτοιο: destiny of death) which are unexpected events. The unexpected events were usually attributed to, who appeared in special occurrences. In that regard Moira was later considered an agent, like the daemon of Pre-Greek religion. People believed that their portion in destiny was something similar with their portion in booty, which was distributed according to their descent, and traditional rules. It was possible to get more than their ordained portion (moira), but they had to face severe consequences because their action was 'over moira' (υπέρ μοίραν:over the portion).

It may be considered that they 'broke the order'. The most certain order in human lives is that every human should die, and this was determined by Aisa or Moira at the moment of birth. The believed that what comes should come , and this was considered rightly offered (according to: in order). If someone died in battle, he would exist like a shadow in the gloomy space of the underworld. The kingdom of Moira is the kingdom of the limit and the end. In a passage in, tries three times to stop in front of the walls of, warning him that it is 'over his portion' to sack the city. Aisa (moira) seems to set a limit on the most vigorous men's actions.

Moira is a power acting in parallel with the gods, and even they could not change the destiny which was predetermined. In the, knows that his dearest will be killed by, but he cannot save him. In the famous scene of, the chief-deity of the appears as the guider of destiny. Using a pair of scales he decides that must die, according to his aisa (destiny). His decision seems to be independent from his will, and is not related with any 'moral purpose'.

His attitude is explained by to, in a parable of two jars at the door of Zeus, one of which contains good things, and the other evil. Zeus gives a mixture to some men, to others only evil and such are driven by hunger over the earth. This was the old 'heroic outlook'. The personification of Moira appears in the newer parts of the epos. In, she is accompanied by the 'Spinners', the personifications of, who do not have separate names. Moira seems to spin the predetermined course of events. Claims that he is not responsible for his arrogance.

He took the prize of, because and Moira predetermined his decision. In the last section of, Moira is the 'mighty fate' (μοίρα κραταιά:moira krataia) who leads destiny and the course of events.

The mother of warns him that he will not live long because mighty fate stands hard by him, therefore he must give to the corpse of. At ’s birth mighty fate predetermined that his corpse would be devoured by dogs after his death, and is crying desperately asking for revenge. Mythical cosmogonies. Hekate and the Moirai ( ), by, The three Moirai are daughters of the primeval goddess (Night), and sisters of (black Fates), (Death) and (retribution). Later they are daughters of and the (the 'Institutor'), who was the embodiment of divine order and law. And sisters of (lawfulness, order), (Justice), and (Peace) Hesiod introduces a moral purpose which is absent in the poems.

The Moirai represent a power to which even the gods have to conform. They give men at birth both evil and good moments, and they punish not only men but also gods for their sins. In the cosmogony of (7th century BC), first came (Disposer, Creation), and then simultaneously (path) and (end post, ordinance). Poros is related with the beginning of all things, and Tekmor is related with the end of all things.

Later in the cosmogony, first came (Disposer), whose ineffable nature is unexpressed. (necessity) is the primeval goddess of inevitability who is entwined with the time-god, at the very beginning of time. They represented the cosmic forces of Fate and Time, and they were called sometimes to control the fates of the gods. The three Moirai are daughters of Ananke. Mythology.

And besides (with his trident), and presumably besides (with the moon crescent).,. The Moirai were described as ugly old women, sometimes lame.

They were severe, inflexible and stern. Carries a spindle or a roll (the book of fate), a staff with which she points to the horoscope on a globe, and (Aisa) a scroll, a wax tablet, a sundial, a pair of scales, or a cutting instrument.

At other times the three were shown with staffs or sceptres, the symbols of dominion, and sometimes even with crowns. At the birth of each man they appeared spinning, measuring, and cutting the thread of life. The Moirai were supposed to appear three nights after a child's birth to determine the course of its life, as in the story of and the firebrand taken from the hearth and preserved by his mother to extend his life. Bruce Karl Braswell from readings in the, associates the appearance of the Moirai at the family hearth on the seventh day with the ancient Greek custom of waiting seven days after birth to decide whether to accept the infant into the Gens and to give it a name, cemented with a ritual at the hearth. At the temple to the Moirai stood near the communal hearth of the, as observed.

As goddesses of birth who even prophesied the fate of the newly born, the ancient Minoan goddess of childbirth and divine midwifery, was their companion. Mentions an ancient role of Eileythia as 'the clever spinner', relating her with destiny too. Their appearance indicate the Greek desire for health which was connected with the Greek cult of the body that was essentially a religious activity. The Moirai assigned to the terrible goddesses who inflicted the punishment for evil deeds their proper functions, and with them directed fate according to necessity. As goddesses of death they appeared together with the of death and the infernal Erinyes.

Of cutting the thread of life In the poems, who is almost always one, is acting independently from the gods. Only, the chief sky-deity of the is close to Moira, and in a passage he is the being of this power. Using a (balance) Zeus weighs 'lot of death' against the one of.

Hector's lot weighs down, and he dies according to. Zeus appears as the guider of destiny, who gives everyone the right portion. In a Mycenean vase, Zeus holds a (balance) in front of two warriors, indicating that he is measuring their destiny before the battle. The belief was that if they die in battle, they must die, and this was rightly offered (according to fate). In, the three Moirai are daughters of the primeval goddess, ('Night'), representing a power acting over the gods. Later they are daughters of who gives them the greatest honour, and, the ancient goddess of law and divine order.

Bas relief of. Base of a lampstand in front of the Supreme Court of the United States, Even the gods feared the Moirai or, which according to a god could not escape. The Pythian priestess at once admitted, that was also subject to their power, though no classic writing clarifies as to what exact extent the lives of immortals were affected by the whims of the Fates. It is to be expected that the relationship of Zeus and the Moirai was not immutable over the centuries. In either case in antiquity we can see a feeling towards a notion of an order to which even the gods have to conform.

Names this power (necessity) (the mother of the Moirai in cosmogony) and says that even the gods don't fight against it. Combines and necessity in a scheme, and claims that even Zeus cannot alter which is ordained. A supposed epithet Zeus Moiragetes, meaning 'Zeus Leader of the Moirai' was inferred by from an inscription he saw in the 2nd century AD at: 'As you go to the starting-point for the chariot-race there is an altar with an inscription to the Bringer of Fate. This is plainly a surname of Zeus, who knows the affairs of men, all that the Fates give them, and all that is not destined for them.'

At the Temple of Zeus at, Pausanias inferred from the relief sculptures he saw 'Above the head of Zeus are the and Moirai, and all may see that he is the only god obeyed by Moira.' Pausanias' inferred assertion is unsupported in, though he noted a sanctuary of the Moirai there at Olympia (v.15.4), and also at (ii.4.7) and (iii.11.8), and adjoining the sanctuary of outside a city gate of.

Cross-cultural parallels Europe. The spin the threads of at the foot of, the tree of the world. In the three Moirai are the, plural of 'fatum' meaning prophetic declaration, oracle, or destiny. The English words (native ) and (magic, enchantment), are both derived from 'fata', 'fatum'. In the are female beings who rule the destiny of gods and men, twining the thread of life.

They set up the laws and decided on the lives of the children of men. Their names were, related with, weird , and, and it has often been inferred that they ruled over the past, present and future respectively, based on the sequence and partly the etymology of the names, of which the first two (literally 'Fate' and 'Becoming') are derived from the past and present stems of the verb verða, 'to be', respectively, and the name of the third one means 'Debt' or 'Guilt', originally 'That which must happen'. In younger legendary sagas, the Norns appear to have been synonymous with witches , and they arrive at the birth of the hero to shape his destiny.

It seems that originally all of them were, ghosts or deities associated with destruction and destiny. The notion that they were three may be due to a late influence from and mythology. The same applies to their (disputed) association with the past, present and future. The (choosers of the slain), were originally of death. They were female figures who decided who will die in battle, and brought their chosen to the afterlife hall of the slain. They were also related with spinning, and one of them was named (debt, guilt). They may be related to, the daemons of death in Greek mythology, who accompanied the dead to the entrance of.

In the scene of Keres are the 'lots of death', and in some cases Ker (destruction) has the same meaning, with Moira interpreted as 'destiny of death' ( moira thanatoio:μοίρα θανάτοιο). The and, female deities almost entirely in a group of three, have been proposed as connected to the and the. And Banquo meeting the three in a woodcut from Holinshed's Chronicles. In culture (Weird) is a concept corresponding to or personal destiny (literally: what befalls one). Its Norse cognate is, and both names are deriven from the root wert, 'to turn, wind', related with 'spindle, distaff'. In goes ever as she shall, and remains wholly inevitable.

In 's the (or ), are, who are deeply entrenched in both worlds of reality and supernatural. Their creation was influenced by folklore, and the legends of the and the Moirai., the goddess associated with magic, witchcraft, and three-way crossroads, appears as the master of the 'Three witches'. In, Hecate as goddess of childbirth is identified with, who was the leader (ηγεμόνη: hegemone ) of the.

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In is the personification of destiny, and her most important duty was to prophecy how the life of a newborn will take place. She may be related to the goddess, who was the personification of wealth and prosperity, and associated with good fortune. In mythology, Laima and her sisters were a trinity of fate deities. The Moirai were usually described as cold, remorseless and unfeeling, and depicted as old crones or hags.

The independent spinster has always inspired fear rather than matrimony: 'this sinister connotation we inherit from the spinning goddess,' write Ruck and Staples (Ruck and Staples 1994:). Outside of Europe.

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A section of the Egyptian written on papyrus showing the 'Weighing of the Heart' in the using the feather of as the measure in balance. The notion of a universal principle of natural order has been compared to similar ideas in other cultures, such asin religion, in, and in. In the religion and, is commonly summarized in accord with its contextual implications of 'truth', 'right(eousness)', 'order'. And its equivalent, are both derived from a root meaning 'properly joined, right, true'. The word is the proper name of the divinity, the personification of 'Truth' and 'Righteousness'. Aša corresponds to an objective, material reality which embraces all of existence. This cosmic force is imbued also with morality, as verbal Truth, and Righteousness, action conforming with the moral order.

In the literature of the, an angelic being has the responsibility of weighing the souls of the deceased to determine their worthiness, using a set of scales. In the Vedic religion, is an ontological principle of natural order which regulates and coordinates the operation of the universe. The term is now interpreted abstractly as 'cosmic order', or simply as 'truth', although it was never abstract at the time.

It seems that this idea originally arose in the period, from a con-sideration (so denoted to indicate the original meaning of communing with the star beings) of the qualities of nature which either remain constant or which occur on a regular basis. The individuals fulfill their true natures when they follow the path set for them by the ordinances of Rta, acting according to the, which is related to social and moral spheres. The god of the waters was probably originally conceived as the personalized aspect of the otherwise impersonal Ṛta. The gods are never portrayed as having command over Ṛta, but instead they remain subject to it like all created beings.

In, was the concept of, balance, order, and. The word is the proper name of the divinity, who was the goddess of harmony, justice, and truth represented as a young woman.

It was considered that she set the order of the universe from at the moment of creation. Maat was the norm and basic values that formed the backdrop for the application of justice that had to be carried out in the spirit of truth and fairness. In, Maat dealt with the weighing of souls that took place in the underworld. Her feather was the measure that determined whether the souls (considered to reside in the heart) of the departed would reach the paradise of afterlife successfully.

In the famous scene of the, using a scale, weighs the sins of a man's heart against the feather of truth, which represents. If man's heart weighs down, then he is devoured by a monster Astronomical objects The, and are named for the Three Fates. See also.

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