Fates

In Greek mythology, three female figures who determined the destiny of human lives; later, the duration of human life. They were envisaged as spinners: Clotho spun the thread of life, Lachesis apportioned the thread, and Atropos cut it off. They are analogous to the Roman Parcae or Fata and Norse Norns.

The Fates were usually represented as the daughters of Zeus and the Titaness Themis, personification of law and order; although in some traditions they were the children of Erebus, god of darkness, and his sister Night (Nyx), and even Zeus was subject to their law.