Moirae (Moirai) Greek Greek spirits; personification of fate and destiny in an individual's life.
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Moirae (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.
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- ker (plural: Keres) Greek Female spirits that represented a person's death or perhaps destiny.
- Necessitas Roman A goddess of destiny or fate, of that which is necessary; or perhaps merely the personification of necessity.
- satyrs Greek One of a class of woodland and mountain spirits attendant on Dionysus.
- Zelus (Zelos; Zeal, Strife) Greek The personification of rivalry, envy, jealousy, and eagerness; a demigod or lesser god; son of the Titan Pallas and the water Nymph Styx; brother of Nike (Victory), Bia (Force), and Cratus (Strength).
- Uranus (Ouranos; Heaven) Greek The personification of heaven and the starlit sky.