weird sisters
Fate-spinning siblings
The weird sisters are the three witches in Shakespeare's *Macbeth* who prophesy Macbeth's rise and fall.
The phrase comes from an old sense of weird meaning fate or destiny—these are the sisters who control fate, like the Greek Fates.
Outside Shakespeare, weird sisters occasionally describes any group of strange or uncanny women, usually with literary or ironic intent.
Destiny's mythic trio
- NornsNorse controllers of destiny
- HecateGreek goddess of sorcery
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- prophecyForetelling of future events
Clotho · sibyl · seeress · spindle · thread · destiny · doom · fatalism
Ambitious thane's downfall
- prophecyForetelling of future events
- HecateGreek goddess of sorcery
- ScotlandNorthern British nation
- CawdorHighland castle and thaneship
Banquo · Duncan · tragedy · cauldron · apparitions · thunder · heath · bubble
Assembly of witches
- incantationSpoken magical formula
- sorceryPractice of dark magic
- spellArrange letters correctly
- potionEnchanted liquid mixture
enchantment · conjuring · divination · familiar · crone · hag · occult · ritual
Fearful anticipation of harm
- eerieDisturbingly strange
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
- macabreDisturbing, death-obsessed
- uncannyEerily beyond normal
haunting · ominous · mysterious · supernatural · spectral · otherworldly · preternatural · eldritch
Fates
Destiny's mythic trio
prophecy · Clotho · sibyl · seeress · spindle · thread · destiny · doom · fatalism · predestination
Macbeth
Ambitious thane's downfall
Cawdor · Banquo · Duncan · tragedy · cauldron · apparitions · thunder · heath · bubble · Globe Theatre
coven
Assembly of witches
- incantationSpoken magical formula
- sorceryPractice of dark magic
- spellArrange letters correctly
potion · enchantment · conjuring · divination · familiar · crone · hag · occult · ritual · charm
foreboding
Fearful anticipation of harm
uncanny · haunting · ominous · mysterious · supernatural · spectral · otherworldly · preternatural · eldritch · ghostly
weird sistersguardian angels
Protective spirits assigned to individuals
fairy godmothers · holy women · angels of mercy · saints · white witches
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