Talk:Moirai

Latinization: rename Fates or Three Fates?

Μοίραι would traditionally be Latinized as Moerae, and in the now more common (and allegedly more accurate) system Moirai. Moirae, though, seems totally inappropriate. It really should be one or the other (and I'd vote for the former). --Iustinus 00:10, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Let me think about that. Moera would be almost unrecognizable to most people, and so should be avoided. What would you think of a move to Fates, which now redirects here? Septentrionalis 00:58, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Oh God, please yes.--TurabianNights 15:05, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Are we ever going to make this move? Can we vote on it soonish?--TurabianNights 03:04, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Wouldn't Three Fates be even better? --Wetman 22:04, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Template:U, I agree absolutely. I think this title is puzzling, and the first thing I'm going to do is re-appropriate The Three Fates. That ELP album is great, but it's not primary. Drmies (talk) 20:32, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

Popular culture

Hi. There is no popular culture section? Wanted to add some information about Clotho as main character and her sisters in Legends of Tomorrow, but did not find the section. (Crisis on Infinite Earths Impacted One Legend of Tomorrow in a Major Way) IKhitron (talk) 13:25, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

Small change.

Propose to have a link to "The Morrigan" when relating them to other figures from different mythologies. Not only is it also 3 women but their primary aspects are war (not relevant) and fate (very relevant). 184.15.20.247 (talk) 10:15, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

To add this to the article, we would need a source which makes this connection. – Michael Aurel (talk) 10:49, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

Misleading language regarding parentage

“Later they are daughters of Zeus” this is only true if they mean “later” as in “later in the text of the Theogony.” Hesiod mentions both Nyx (by herself) AND Zeus (by Themis) as the parents of the Fates.

Zeus should not be regarded as a “later” parent. It should mention that Hesiod regards, contradictorily, both Nyx and Zeus/Themis as the parents of the Fates. Making both versions “equally old.” Floreditor (talk) 17:26, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

Rephrased to "Later in the poem, ..." (and made surrounding changes accordingly). – Michael Aurel (talk) 22:00, 6 March 2025 (UTC)