Die Moiren; Tradition und Wandel des Motivs der Schicksalsgot... by Markos Giannoulis

In Plato's Republic the Three Fates are daughters of Ananke (necessity). Later they are daughters of Zeus and Themis, who was the embodiment of divine order and law. In the Theogony of Hesiod, the three Moirai are personified, and are acting over the gods. In the Homeric poems Moira or Aisa, is related with the limit and end of life, and Zeus appears as the guider of destiny.

The gods and men had to submit to them, although Zeus's relationship with them is a matter of debate: some sources say he is the only one who can command them (the Zeus Moiragetes), yet others suggest he was also bound to the Moirai's dictates.

They were independent, at the helm of necessity, directed fate, and watched that the fate assigned to every being by eternal laws might take its course without obstruction. They controlled the metaphorical thread of life of every mortal from birth to death. Their number became fixed at three: Clotho (spinner), Lachesis (allotter) and Atropos (unturnable). In Greek mythology, the Moirai (Ancient Greek: Μοῖραι, 'apportioners', Latinized as Moerae)-often known in English as the Fates-were the white-robed incarnations of destiny ( Roman equivalent: Parcae, euphemistically the 'sparing ones', or Fata also analogous to the Germanic Norns). Relief, grave of Alexander von der Mark by Johann Gottfried Schadow. The Turk and Islam in the Western eye, 1450 - 1750: visual imagery before orientalism Published: (2011)Īnastasis: the making of an image by: Kartsonis, Anna D.The three Moirai. The Via Latina catacomb: imitation and discontinuity in 4th-century Roman painting by: Tronzo, William Published: (1986) Iconography of New Zealand Maori religion by: Simmons, D. Islamic art: architecture, painting, calligraphy, ceramics, glass, carpets by: Mozzati, Luca Published: (2010) The canonical tradition in ancient Egyptian art by: Davis, Whitney 1958- Published: (1989)īreaking resemblance: the role of religious motifs in contemporary art by: Alexandrova, Alena Published: (2017) Images of cosmology in Jewish and Byzantine art: God's blueprint of creation by: Laderman, Shulamit, et al. The aesthetics of grace: philosophy, art, and nature by: Milani, Raffaele 1949- Published: (2013)ĭie Sphinx: Geschichte ihrer Darstellung von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart by: Demisch, Heinz 1913-2000 Published: (1977) Images of cosmology in Jewish and Byzantine art: God's blueprint of creation Published: (2013) Iside: il mito, il mistero, la magia mostra, Milano, Palazzo Reale, 22 febbraio - 1 giugno 1997 Published: (1997)Ĭlassical myths in Italian Renaissance painting by: Freedman, Luba 1953- Published: (2011) Il sorriso di Dioniso: = The smile of Dionysus Published: (2010)

Die Moiren; Tradition und Wandel des Motivs der Schicksalsgot... by Markos Giannoulis