In the Theogony, these figures are siblings of the Keres, which were sometimes referred to as the "black" version of these figures.
In the Theogony, these figures are siblings of the Keres, which were sometimes referred to as the "black" version of these figures. In one story, these figures persuaded Typhon to eat fruit from the slopes of the mountain Nysa, telling the monster that doing so would afford him great strength.  According to Pindar, they accompanied the titaness Themis to Olympus for her wedding to Zeus, although in another story they are (*) her offspring. These goddesses, who were often accompanied by the childbirth goddess Eileithyia, killed Agrius and Thoon with their bronze clubs during the Gigantomachy. They appeared to Althaea three days after Meleager's birth to prophesy that the boy's life would be tied to a firebrand in the family hearth. For 10 points, name these goddesses who were frequently depicted as three old women who spun, allotted, and cut the thread of life.
In the Theogony, these figures are siblings of the Keres, which were sometimes referred to as the "black" version of these figures.
Fates [or Moirai; or Moirae; or Clotho, Atropos, and Lachesis; accept names in any order, but all three are required; accept Aisa in place of "Atropos"] 