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  1. Symbols associated with the Fates (Moirai) in ancient Greek mythology include1234:
    • White robes
    • Staffs or sceptres
    • Spinning thread of life
    • Measuring and apportioning thread
    • Cutting thread
    • Crowns
    • Spindle
    • Scroll (book of fate)
    • Globe (representing horoscope)
    • Shears
    • Dice (used for divination and prophecy)
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    The Fates are often depicted as wearing white robes. They are often shown each holding a staff, to highlight their power and dominance. Sometimes, they are shown wearing crowns. When someone is born, they are represented as spinning, calculating and snipping the thread of life, to highlight destiny’s control over man’s mortality.
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    The Moirai The Moirai (also called the Fates) are a trio of sisters (and goddesses) in ancient Greek mythology who were thought to control human destiny. The first, Clotho (“Spinner”), spun the threads of life. The second, Lachesis (“Apportioner”), measured each thread. The third, Atropos (“Inflexible”), cut each thread.
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    Symbolism of the Fates (Moirai) The Fates, or Moirai are symbolic of the inevitability of life and death, as well as of pre-determination and destiny. Each of the sisters holds her own symbolism, based on her role in determining a person’s fate.
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    The attributes of the Three Fates included: The Moirae were depicted holding various threads Staffs or sceptres, the symbols of dominion Clotho: A spindle Lachesis: A scroll, the book of fate Scroll or globe representing a horoscope The Shears (Atropos) Dice: Dice have been used for gambling but they were also used for divination and prophecy.
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    European goddesses The three Moirai are known in English as the Fates. This derives from Roman mythology, in which they are the Parcae or Fata, plural of Latin: fatum, meaning prophetic declaration, oracle, or destiny; euphemistically, the "sparing ones". There are other equivalents that descend from the Proto … See more

    In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Moirai —often known in English as the Fates—were the personifications of destiny. They were three sisters: Clotho (the spinner), Lachesis (the allotter), and Atropos (the inevitable, a … See more

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    When they were three, the Moirai were:
    Clotho (/ˈkloʊθoʊ/, Greek Κλωθώ, [klɔːtʰɔ̌ː], "spinner") spun the thread of life from her distaff onto … See more

    The three Moirai are daughters of the primeval goddess Nyx ("night"), and sisters of Keres ("the black fates"), Thanatos ("death"), and Nemesis ("retribution"). Later they are daughters of Zeus and the Titaness Themis ("the Institutor"), who was … See more

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    The word Moirai, also spelled Moirae or Mœræ, comes from Ancient Greek: μοῖρα, which means "lots, destinies, apportioners". It … See more

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    The figure who came to be known as Atropos had her origins in the pre-Greek Mycenaean religion as a daemon or spirit called Aisa. Much … See more

    The Moirai were three sisters: Clotho (the spinner), Lachesis (the allotter), and Atropos (the inevitable, a metaphor for death). But according to a Latin verse, their roles and functions were … See more

    In the Homeric poems Moira is represented as a singular entity whose actions are not governed by the gods. Only Zeus, the … See more

     
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