The Probert Encyclopaedia of Greek & Roman Mythology

FATE

In Greek and Roman mythology, the Fates were the three goddesses, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, sometimes called the Destinies, or Parcae; who were supposed to determine the course of human life. They are represented, one as holding the distaff, a second as spinning, and the third as cutting off the thread.
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