Fates
Stub entity — referenced by another entity from source #2015 but not yet directly extracted from its own source.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned by early poet Olen and by Pindar (522-443 BC) in connection with Eileithyia.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Nutrices of Poetovio, Clotho, Lachesis, Rodzanice, Gulses, Klotho, Wyrd, Rožanicy, Sudičky, Narenčnice, Rodjenice, Sudjenice, Rojenice, Demeter Chloe, Matres, Atropos, Laima, Parcae, Norns, Artemis (Diana), Apollo, Helios, Horae
- manifests as
- Eileithyia
- syncretized with
- Deivės Valdytojos
- manifested by
- Moirai
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“The Fates are three Proto-Indo-European fate goddesses. Their names have not been reconstructed, but such a group is highly attested in descendant groups. Such goddesses spun the destinies of mankind.”
#26936 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“These considerations end with the suggestion that the relief could depict be the Fates (Moirai or Parcae) determining the child's fate in life.”
#27060 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The Lycian Olen, an earlier poet, styles her as 'the clever spinner', clearly identifying her with the Fates. Pindar: Eleithuia, seated beside the deep-thinking Fates.”
#28164 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“On the 6th a sheep was sacrificed to Demeter Chloe on the Acropolis, and perhaps a swine to the Fates, but the most important ritual was the following.”
#41506 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001