Fates
Trio weaving lives
The Fates are the three goddesses of Greek mythology who control human destiny.
Clotho spins the thread of life, Lachesis measures it, and Atropos cuts it.
They appear in various forms across cultures—the Norse Norns, the Roman Parcae.
When someone invokes the Fates, they're acknowledging forces beyond human control: The Fates had other plans for him. (Lowercase fates is the plural of fate.)
Fate who spins life
- spindleRotating rod for thread
- threadFiber for stitching
- shearsHeavy-duty cutting blades
- weavingInterlacing strands into fabric
Greek · mythology · sisters · divine · decrees · destinies · Norns · tapestry
Norse controllers of destiny
- NonaRoman thread-spinning goddess
- spinnersThings that rotate
- weaversThose who interlace threads
- destiniesPredetermined life outcomes
cosmic · goddesses · divine · ancient · pantheon · Roman · Norse · Slavic
Wealth or destiny
- kismetPreordained future outcome
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
- providenceDivine protective care
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
doom · lot · predetermined · foreordained · destined · wheel of fortune · stars · cosmic
Authoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
- sibylAncient female prophet
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
augury · omens · foretelling · prediction · premonition · clairvoyance · prophecy · astrology
Clotho
Fate who spins life
weaving · Greek · mythology · sisters · divine · decrees · destinies · Norns · tapestry · loom
Norns
Norse controllers of destiny
destinies · cosmic · goddesses · divine · ancient · pantheon · Roman · Norse · Slavic · Baltic
fortune
Wealth or destiny
- kismetPreordained future outcome
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
- providenceDivine protective care
predestination · doom · lot · predetermined · foreordained · destined · wheel of fortune · stars · cosmic · written
oracle
Authoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
- sibylAncient female prophet
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
divination · augury · omens · foretelling · prediction · premonition · clairvoyance · prophecy · astrology · tarot
- Fate DeitiesClotho, Norns, Nona, Fortuna, Nemesis
- deitiesZeus, Odin, Thor, goddess, Ra
- Greek & RomanAchilles heel, Trojan horse, Pandora's box, Midas touch, Odyssey
- Greek mythologyZeus, Athena, Apollo, Hera, Poseidon
- Mythological WordsAchilles heel, Adonis, aegis, ambrosia, Apollo
- Roman mythologyJupiter, Mars, Juno, Venus, Neptune
Fatesfree will
Autonomous choice capacity
agency · self-determination · autonomy · choice · freedom
Fatesmortals
Beings destined to expire
humans · mankind · humankind · earthlings · ordinary people
Fateschance
Likelihood of occurrence
randomness · chaos · accident · happenstance · coincidence
- twist of fateUnexpected reversal of fortune
- fatal flawRuinous character defect
- tempting fateRisking bad outcomes recklessly
- tempt fateRecklessly invite misfortune
- fatal accidentUnintended event causing death
- fatal woundInjury causing death
fate, fatal, fated, fateful, fatality, fatalism, fatalistic, fatalist, fatefully