- In
ancient Roman religion and myth, the
Parcae (singular, Parca) were the
female personifications of
destiny who
directed the
lives (and deaths) of humans...
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rather than
naming them as individuals. Some groups, such as the
Camenae and
Parcae, were
thought of as a
limited number of
individual deities, even though...
-
Atropos (the inevitable, a
metaphor for death).
Their Roman equivalent is the
Parcae. The role of the
Moirai was to
ensure that
every being,
mortal and divine...
- life of a
person after the
thread of his or her life has been cut by the
Parcae, and of Mercury,
messenger to the gods,
escorting the dead person's soul...
- (Lamentation),
Gratia (Favour),
Fraus (Fraud),
Pertinacia (Obstinacy), the
Parcae, the Hesperides, and the
Somnia (Dreams). In the
Fabulae by the
Roman mythographer...
- Nona was one of the
Parcae, the
three personifications of
destiny in
Roman mythology (the
Moirai in Gr****
mythology and in
Germanic mythology, the Norns)...
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Decima was one of the
three Parcae (known in
English as the Fates) in
Roman mythology. The
Parcae goddess Nona was
responsible for pregnancy;
Decima was...
- "creator of sentience." The
Parcae are the
three goddesses of fate (tria fata): Nona, Decima, and
Parca (singular of
Parcae), also
known as
Partula in...
-
personified "fate spinners,"
known as the
Moirai in Gr**** mythology, the
Parcae in
Roman mythology, and the
Norns in
Norse mythology. They
determine the...
- was
widespread in
ancient Europe;
compare the
Fates (including Moirai,
Parcae, and Norns), the Erinyes, the Charites, the MorrĂgan, the Horae, and other...