Motif
life-thread and allotted destiny
life_thread_and_allotted_destiny
A motif of the Fate Figures and Cosmic Weaving family, within the sub-family Fate Threads and Life-Span Measures. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek
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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE CERCOPES / THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE / OF THE ORIGIN OF HOMER AND HESIOD, AND OF THEIR CONTEST / ENDNOTES; lines 9228-9370 confidence: high
Cletho spins the thread of human life; Lachesis assigns destiny; Atropos is the Fury with shears.
The Fates are glossed as spinning the thread of life, assigning destiny, and cutting with shears.
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