Fates

deity intermediate European single tradition · 5

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

manifests as
Eileithyia
syncretized with
Deivės Valdytojos
manifested by
Moirai

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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