Ananke

**Ananke** is considered the most powerful dictator of fate and circumstance. Mortals and gods alike respected her power and paid her homage. Sometimes considered the **Mother of the Fates**, she is thought to be the only being to influence their decisions.

## Mythology

In Orphic mythology, Ananke is a self-formed being who emerged at the dawn of creation with an incorporeal, serpentine form, her outstretched arms encompassing the cosmos. Ananke and Chronos are mates, mingling together in serpent form as a tie around the universe. Together they have crushed the primal egg of creation of which constituent parts became earth, heaven and sea to form the ordered universe. Ananke is the mother of Adrasteia, the distributor of rewards and punishments. In the Orphic hymns, Aphrodite Urania is described as the mother of Ananke and ruler of the three Moirai.

The Greek philosopher Plato in his *Republic* discussed the parentage of the Moirai or the Fates. Aeschylus, the famous tragedian, gave an account in his *Prometheus Bound* where the Moirai were called the helmsman of the goddess Ananke along with the three Erinyes. Prometheus speaks of a secret prophecy, rendered ineluctable by Ananke, that any son born of Zeus and Thetis would depose the god.

## Powers

**Absolute Law Manipulation:** Ananke has the power to make, change, destroy or redefine any/all kind of rule/law, including physical, scientific, magical, divine, metaphysical, granting them control over all limits, including their own.

**Celestial Deity:** Ananke with this ability either is or can transform into a "cosmic" deity, a higher god/goddess/divine entity/higher spirit who represents and/or who is associated to space elements like the sun, planets, stars, moons, and higher concepts like creation, fate, space-time, destruction etc. Cosmic deities weren't common on their own in mythology, being considered rarer and extremely powerful among the divine pantheons they were present in. However, their variation forms were very prominent throughout religions. These types of deities also include astral, creator, destroyer, solar, lunar, stellar, temporal, destiny, planetary and magic deities as they are fundamental forces of the cosmos thus making them a cosmic divinity.

**Creator Deity Physiology:** Ananke with this ability either is or can transform into a Creator Deity, the creator of planets, solar systems, cosmoses, universes, and/or even the Multiverse/Omniverse. This power allows one to create anything on a divine level and may or may not be a Monotheistic Deity Physiology, which is the Supreme Being of all of Creation.

**Fate Deity:** Ananke with this ability either is or can transform into a fate deity, a god/goddess who represents or is associated with the fate, destiny and in many cases temporal energies. Fate deities can be found throughout most of recorded history in various forms. Fate and time deities are very closely related as their abilities can overlap depending on the deity in question.

**Oracular Deity:** As an archetype, the oracular deity is a god/goddess who represents or is associated with prophecies, divinations, oracles, visions and foresight, with the ability to show/choose mortal seers as their oracles on earth to pass on information what they deity sees and relay their divine messages to these chosen mortal oracles. They are often the patron gods of these oracles.

**Time Deity Physiology:** Ananke with this ability either is or can transform into a time deity, a god or goddess who can control time on a transcendental level that far exceeds the abilities of normal users of chronokinesis. They can manipulate time at planetary, galactic, universal, multiversal or even omniversal levels, thus making them extremely powerful and unbeatable.