The Three Sisters of Fate | Greek Mythology | Mythical Madness

The Three Sisters of Fate (also known as The Fates or Moirai) are a group of Greek goddesses who weave the thread of time and fate, and assign mortals their individual destinies at birth. Their names are Atropos (the Inflexible), Clotho (the spinner) and Lachesis (the Alloter). Older myths identified them as the daughters of Nyx (goddess of the night), but in newer ones, they were more often depicted as the offspring of Themis (an ancient Greek Titaness and “The Lady of Good Counsel”) and Zeus (the Greek God of Sky and Lightning).

Although they worked as a group, each of them had a different task that corresponded to the names and roles they had. Clotho was responsible for spinning the thread of life, Lachesis was the one who measured the thread’s given length, and Atropos’ job was to cut the thread off when the time came. They also represent and symbolise different passages of time—Atropos being the past, Clotho the present, and Lachesis as the future.

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They are often described to be either beautiful women, or old and ugly hags, depending on the medium. Visual arts often opt to beautify them, while literature uses the ugly and old imagery.
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