Fates. The Greek Moirai (?Fates,? Roman Parcae) were seen as three
spinning crones?Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos?who, as their names indicate,
spun out life, measured it, and cut it. They are often depicted
carrying various
instruments of spinning. To indicate their dominion over life, they sometimes
carry scepters. The Fates are sometimes thought of as goddesses of both birth
and death because of the linear aspect of their spun thread of life. They
present a theological problem in relation to the question of whether they or
Zeus?or in modern terms, Fate or God?has ultimate control over life and
death.
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Robert Paul
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