Deities and fairies of fate in Slavic mythology

There is a number of deities and fairies of fate in Slavic mythology, which control person's destiny or foretell it, often at childbirth. ^[1]

7 relations: Deities of Slavic religion, Fates, Likho, Moirai, Norns, Parcae, The Mythology of All Races.

Deities of Slavic religion

Deities of Slavic religion, arranged in cosmological and functional groups, are inherited through mythology and folklore.

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Fates

The Fates were a common motif in European polytheism, most frequently represented as a group of three mythological goddesses (although their number differed in certain eras and cultures).

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Likho, liho (Russian: Лихо, лі́ха, licho) is an embodiment of evil fate and misfortune in Slavic mythology, a creature with one eye, often depicted as an old, skinny woman in black (Лихо одноглазое, One-eyed Likho) or as an evil male goblin of forests.

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Moirai

In Greek mythology, the Moirai or Moerae or (Μοῖραι, "apportioners"), often known in English as the Fates (Fata, -orum (n)), were the white-robed incarnations of destiny; their Roman equivalent was the Parcae (euphemistically the "sparing ones").

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Norns

The Norns (norn, plural: nornir) in Norse mythologyThe article in Nordisk familjebok (1907).

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Parcae

In ancient Roman religion and myth, the Parcae (singular, Parca) were the female personifications of destiny, often called the Fates in English.

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The Mythology of All Races

The Mythology of All Races is a 13-volume book series edited by Louis Herbert Gray between 1916-1932 with George Foot Moore as consulting editor.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deities_and_fairies_of_fate_in_Slavic_mythology

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