Moirai

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The actress also points to the mythological figures known as The Fates or Moirai, who appear throughout the series and become increasingly central to Zoe's emotional unravelling.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

He now lives back in New York, where his next project will be Gbadu and the Moirai Index, a work for four female singers to be performed near the New York stock exchange.

From The Guardian • Mar. 26, 2013

Public fact becomes private reality, and the seasons of a Midwestern town become the Moirai of our small lives.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison

The harps of the minstrels hung silent on the wall, and men spake in whispering voices, for the awful Moirai were at hand to bear Alkestis to the shadowy kingdom.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)

Their tragedies were largely limited to Nemesis, the Moirai, the Erinnydes, and lower forms, such as harpies.

From Donatello, by Lord Balcarres by Crawford, David Lindsay, Earl of