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Moirai

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Moirai [ˈmɔɪriː]
pl n sing Moira [ˈmɔɪrə]
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) the. the Greek goddesses of fate Roman counterparts the Parcae See Fates
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Noun1.Moirai - any of the three Greek goddesses of fate or destinyMoirai - 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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In these metaphonics, Ariadne, as life-giver, thus assumes the personality of the Greek Moirai or Roman Parcae, three divine old women who spin and weave the "filum" or thread of our existence into a pattern until, at our death, Atropos ("the one of no return") cuts it at the foreordained limit of its extension (again, "lisiere").
Intertextual Labyrinths: Ariadne's Lament in Montaigne's "Sur des ... by WIESMANN, MARC-ANDRE / Renaissance Quarterly
 
 
 
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