moirai in English

noun
1
the Fates.

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1. In Greek mythology, Clotho was one of the three Fates or Moirai

2. Moirai - In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Moirai (; Ancient Greek: Μοῖραι, "lots, destinies, Apportioners"), often known in English as the Fates (Latin: Fata), Moirae or Mœræ (obsolete), w

3. And the Moirai, when person- ified, are the Assigners or Apportioners of man’s lot in life

4. Clotho was one of the Three Fates or Moirai in Greek mythology, her sisters being Lachesis and Atropos

5. In the Greek tradition, the Moirai ("Apportioners") are mentioned dispensing destiny in both the Iliad and the Odyssey, in which they are given the epithet Κλῶθες (Klothes, meaning "Spinners").

6. From Wikipedia: In Greek mythology, the Moirai (Ancient Greek: Μοῖραι, “Apportioners”, Latinized as Moerae)—often known in English as the Fates—were the white-robed incarnations of destiny (Roman equivalent: Parcae, euphemistically the “sparing ones”, or Fata; also analogous to the Germanic Norns).

7. In Greek mythology, the Moirai (Ancient Greek: Μοῖραι, "Apportioners", Latinized as Moerae)—often known in English as the Fates—were the white-robed incarnations of destiny (Roman equivalent: Parcae, euphemistically the "sparing ones", or Fata; also analogous to the Germanic Norns).Their number became fixed at three: Clotho (spinner), Lachesis (allotter) and

8. In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Moirai (/ ˈ m ɔɪ r aɪ,-r iː /, also spelled Moirae or Mœræ; Ancient Greek: Μοῖραι, "lots, destinies, Apportioners"), often known in English as the Fates (Latin: Fata), were the incarnations of destiny; their Roman equivalent was the Parcae (euphemistically the "sparing ones"), and there are other equivalents in cultures that descend