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

Then the soul of the brave Herakles was stirred within him, and he sware that the Moirai should not win the victory.

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

But the mighty Moirai, whose word even Zeus himself may not turn aside, had fixed the doom of Meleagros.

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