Ananke

Ananke is the primeval goddess of inevitability, compulsion, and destiny.  Her mate was Kronos, god of time.  She is most often pictured holding a spindle.  Sometimes depicted as the mother of the Fates, she is seen as the most powerful arbiter of fate and circumstance for mortals.
==Stevens' Works Referencing Ananke==
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
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line 41 (xii.1): 	The sense of the serpent in you, Ananke, 	 	
 	 	 	
Owl’s Clover, The Greenest Continent (OP) 	Owl’s Clover, The Greenest Continent (OP) 	 	
line 470 (viii.1): 	Fatal Ananke is the common god. 	 	
line 489 (viii.20): 	Fateful Ananke is the final god. 	 	
 	 	 	
Stanzas for “Examination of the Hero in a Time of War” (OP)	Stanzas for “Examination of the Hero in a Time of War” (OP)	 	
line 14 (I.14): 	The bold, obedience to Ananke. 	 	
==References==
http://www.theoi.com/Protogenos/Ananke.html
Wallace Stevens Concordance