The Three Fates Anthony Triplin Mr. Ribardo Mythology

 The Moerae, or the Fates, were the Natural Law of Greek Mythology.  Controlled the “Thread of Life” of every mortal from birth to death.  Believed to be Daemons, a supernatural mix of god and mortal.  The triplet daughters of Zeus and Themis, the Titaness of divine order, social order, and law.  Have the job of keeping order to the universe, and set a standard to which even the gods have to obey, and cannot reverse or interfere.

Clotho  Greek for “Spinner”.  The fate responsible for “spinning the thread of human life”.  Decided who, when, and where a person was born.  Decided when gods or mortals were to be saved or put to death.  Clotho’s thread represented human life, and her decisions created the fate of all men in society.

Greek for “disposer of lots”. The second Fate, responsible for determining the Destiny of a god or mortal. Interpreted how long a person or being could live by measuring their thread of life on Clotho’s spindle. After measuring the thread of life, she was to decide the person/beings fate three days before its birth. Also assigns lots to the souls who are choosing their newly reincarnated life. (Republic of Plato)

 Greek name means “inflexible”, the oldest of the three fates.  Chose how every person or being died.  Cut the “thread of life” with her symbolic shears to symbolize the end of their life.  Considered the angel of death of Greek Mythology, if she was seen cutting a string, it was meant to show that either you or someone important in your life was going to die.