Motif
life as a spun and severed thread
life_as_a_spun_and_severed_thread
A motif of the Fate Figures and Cosmic Weaving family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek roman
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Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome MINOR DIVINITIES. / THE HARPIES. / ERINYES, EUMENIDES (FURIAE, DIRAE). / MOIRAE OR FATES (PARCAE).; lines 4455-4503 confidence: high
The Moirae’s power is represented by a life-thread: Clotho winds flax on the distaff, Lachesis spins the thread, and Atropos cuts it with scissors at the end of an individual’s life.
The passage makes the thread the figure for each human life, spun from birth to the grave and cut when the individual’s career ends.
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