Moirae
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https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/tag/24018
- Note
- In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Moirai (/ˈmɔɪraɪ, -riː/)—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 unturnable, a metaphor for death). Their Roman equivalent is the Parcae.
The role of the Moirai was to ensure that every being, mortal and divine, lived out their destiny as it was assigned to them by the laws of the universe. For mortals, this destiny spanned their entire lives and was represented as a thread spun from a spindle. Generally, they were considered to be above even the gods in their role as enforcers of fate, although in some representations, Zeus, the chief of the gods, is able to command them.
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Tantalus (Blatt aus der Serie)
Darstellung der drei Parzen,...
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Image: Kulturstiftung Sachsen-Anhalt - CC BY-NC-SA -
Herakles und die Moiren
Es handelt sich um Blatt...
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Image: Winckelmann-Museum Stendal - CC BY-NC-SA
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