Moira

concept

Μοῖρα

Fate and one's allotted portion

Moira was one's appointed portion in life — determined by the three Moirai who spun, measured, and cut every life's thread.

The Myth

In the Iliad, Zeus weighs Hector's and Achilles' fates and cannot intervene when Hector's sinks. Heroes were great not because they escaped fate but because they faced it knowingly. Oedipus, Achilles, and Hector all walk forward.

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Symbols

threadspindlescalesshears

Fun Fact

The name Atropos gave us atropine — from Atropa belladonna, named for the Fate who cuts the thread.