Moirae
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(Moirai) Greek Greek spirits; personification
of fate and destiny in an individual's life. Each
person had his or her own Moirae. The spirits represented
a law of nature, a sense of determination. No
mortal human could overcome their power. Even the
gods could not break the ruling of the Moirae without
seriously jeopardizing all of existence. In Roman
mythology, these spirits were known as the Parcae.
Eventually, the concept of a spirit ruling over
life evolved from individual fate to influence all of
humanity. After the time of Homer in the ninth
century b.c., the Moirae took on personalities and
were seen as three daughters of Zeus and Themis
who regulated birth, life, and death.