The Moirai

 

The Moirai are the three goddesses of fate in Greek mythology. Like their mother, Nyx, they follow the darker path and I consider them to be of the dark variety of Greek deities. The three goddesses each have a task to perform and none can be swayed from their duties to humanity.

The first of the goddesses is known as Klotho. Klotho (or Clotho) was the spin and she spun the strands of life for mortals such as you and I. The next task was appointed to Lakhesis, who would determine how long a person’s life thread was to be. The last of the three goddesses was none as the one who could never be swayed. Her name is Atropos (also known as Aisa). When it was time to die, Atropos would be the one to cut the thread of life.

Oftentimes, the Fates were not an absolute. Zeus could change their decisions and man could even sway the goddesses in their favor or seek advice from them so that their fate could be changed, but death- more often than not- was a finality which earn them the reputation of the goddesses of death.