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Moirai

(ˈmɔɪriː)

pl n, sing Moira (ˈmɔɪrə)

(Classical Myth & Legend) the Moirai the Greek goddesses of fate. Roman counterparts: the Parcae See Fates

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Moirai - any of the three Greek goddesses of fate or destiny; identified with the Roman Parcae and similar to the Norse Norns

Moirae

Greek deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks

Clotho, Klotho - the Greek goddess of fate who spins the thread of life

Lachesis - the Greek goddess of fate who determines the length of the thread of life

Atropos - the Greek goddess of fate who cuts the thread of life

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Thus, the Egyptian meskhen-t as "tablet of destiny," shau as "destiny," and Shait as Fate (goddess), the Sumerian NAM, the Greek Moirai, the Latin Parcae, etc., all express courses of events (or those in charge over them) in the Universe that are fixed by the divinity and are unalterable (see infra).