The Fates

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A cover artwork I did for the tabletop game 'Moirai', based on the fates of the greek mithology, Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos.

Ananke (la Neccessità) sovrasta le tre Moire. Il termine Moira in greco significa porzione di, parte, e designa il termine FATO. Illustration 1857 The name Ananké (Greek Ἀνάγκη) means an inescapable necessity, destiny, inevitable fate. He is the goddess of destiny and inevitable fate in Greek mythology. The mother of Moirs and Adrasyth.

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Sir William Ernest Reynolds-Stephens - Roman Courtship

“The Three Fates,” or the Moirai, by Alexander Rothaug. Circa 1910

The Fates (also known as the Moirai in Greek mythology) are three sister goddesses responsible for assigning destinies to mortals at their birth, a human's lifespan, and the timing of their death. The...

Epitomising human attitudes to life and death for millennia, they spin the thread of life, measure the length allotted to each person, and cut that length with shears.