FATES: The three Greek Goddesses of Destiny and Fate. Otherwise known
as the Moirae, these timeless old_hags weave the threads of destiny
that control your life. The original spin doctors.
http://tinyurl.com/2uluwt In Greek mythology, the white-robed Moirae or
Moerae (in Greek Moipai - the "apportioners", often called the Fates)
were the personifications of destiny (Roman equivalent: Parcae,
"sparing ones", or Fata; also equivalent to the Germanic Norns).

They controlled the metaphorical
thread of life of every mortal and
immortal from birth to death (and beyond).

Even the gods feared the Moirae. Zeus also was subject to their power,
as the Pythian priestess at Delphi once admitted. The Greek word moira
(µ???a) literally means a part or portion, and by extension one's
portion in life or destiny.

The fates are responsible for individual destiny. Clotho (Spinner)
spins out the thread of life which carries with it the fate of each
human being from the moment of birth. Lachesis (Apportioner) measures
the thread. Atropos (Inflexible) sometimes characterized as the
smallest and most terrible, cuts it off and brings life to an end.

Immortalist wrote:

Hmm ... so that's who Ayn Rand was. Who were the other two? 8)

The word "moira" in Ancient Greek means, more or less, "deadly fate".
This was what Hektor saw and went to meet at Akhilleus' hand in the
first known Greek text, the Iliad. Although the idea of moera is also
amusing... perhaps you should visit perseus.net or search for journals
or texts on the Fates as well as googling a few sites.

George Dance wrote:

I was thinking more along the lines of, Boxer, Feinstein, Clinton or
Pelosi

Tanya.Fenworth@gmail.com wrote:

In the Pantheon of Gods R' Us, I like to think they are one of the
symbols of development, but I will go there and look further, thanx;

Human development is the process of growing to maturity. In biological
terms, this entails growth from a one-celled zygote to an adult human
being. Life history theory is an analytical framework widely used in
animal and human biology, psychology, and evolutionary anthropology
which postulates that many of the physiological traits and behaviors of
individuals may be best understood in terms of the key maturational and
reproductive characteristics that define the life course.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life-history_theory
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_development_%%28biology%%29

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FATES: The three Greek Goddesses of Destiny and Fate. Otherwise known
as the Moirae, these timeless old_hags weave the threads of destiny
that control your life. The original spin doctors.
http://tinyurl.com/2uluwt In Greek mythology, the white-robed Moirae or
Moerae (in Greek Moipai - the "apportioners", often called the Fates)
were the personifications of destiny (Roman equivalent: Parcae,
"sparing ones", or Fata; also equivalent to the Germanic Norns).

They controlled the metaphorical
thread of life of every mortal and
immortal from birth to death (and beyond).

Even the gods feared the Moirae. Zeus also was subject to their power,
as the Pythian priestess at Delphi once admitted. The Greek word moira
(µ???a) literally means a part or portion, and by extension one's
portion in life or destiny.