Mythology research: The Fates

I want to look at old Mythology that hold a huge amount of representation and personify fate and destiny. I decided to research The Fates, they come up in many different places in their mythology.

The Three Moirai, Grave of Alexander Von Der Mark by Johann Gottfried Shador.
Old National Gallery, Berlin. 

In Greek mythology they are white roped incarnations of Destiny, known as The Moirai, named Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos. Clotho ("Spinner") is said to have spun the thread of life from her distaff to her spindle. Lachesis ("Allotter") measured the thread with her rod. And Atropos is the cutter of the thread, she is said to decide how the human dies, and when its their time, she cuts the thread with her "abhorred shears"

The Three Moirai, or The Triumph of Death, flemish tapestry 1520.
Victoria and Albert Museam, London. 

The Romans also have their version of The Fates called The Sparing ones, equivalent to Clotho is Nona, meaning ninth, who is called upon on the ninth month of pregnancy. Lachesis's equivalent is Decima, meaning the tenth and Atropos's is Morta, meaning 'The dead one'.

The Fates, Hercules, Disney.

In Germanic Mythology they are known as The Fata, in Roman they are The Parcae, in Slavic mythology they are The Sudice. In Czech and Slovak they are The Sudičky, the Polish called them Rodzanice, Narecznice or Sudiczki and the Slovenian called them Sojenice and Rojenice. 

In Slavic mythology The Fates are three old women who approach the cradle of every newborn baby and decide their fate. One has a huge foot from pedalling, one has a large bottom lip from constantly salivating the thread and the last has an inch wide thumb from drafting the fibre.