the Fates
The Fates are the threefold form of the Great Mother. The reason for their appearance in threes or nines, or more seldom in twelves, is to be sought in the threefold articulation underlying all created things; but here it refers most particularly to the three temporal stages of all growth (beginning-middle-end, birth-life-death, past-present-future).
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in ancient Greece.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Ilithyia, Hecate, Hera, Demeter, Athene, Mother Earth, Apollo, Diana, Jupiter, Proserpine, Juno, Dis Pater, Bia, Chronos
- child of
- Ananke
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“In discussing examples of his Great Mother archetype, Neumann mentions the Fates as "the threefold form of the Great Mother", details that "the reason for their appearance in threes or nines, or more seldom in twelves, is to be sought in the threefold articulation underlying all created things; but here it refers most particularly to the three temporal stages of all growth (beginning-middle-end, birth-life-death, past-present-future).”
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“On the first night, from May 31 to June 1, 17 B.C., sacrifices were made to the Fates on the banks of the Tiber.”
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“She is also considered the mother of the Fates, hence she is thought to be the only being to overrule their decisions (according to some sources, excepting Zeus also).”
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