The Moirai and Erinyes of Greek Mythology
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- The Moirai and the Erinyes are the Fates and the Furies of Greek mythology. The Moirai, which in Greek means parts or allotted portions, were the three goddesses of fate and destiny. Clotho, the spinner, Lachesis the disposer of lots, and Atropos, she who cannot be turned are the three goddesses responsible for, and the personification of, the destiny of the individual from birth to death. Each of the three Moirai, or Fates, had a specific job: when a person was born, Clotho would begin spinning the thread of life, Lachesis had the job of measuring that thread and, upon the mortal's death, Atropos would cut it.
Like the Moirai, the Erinyes encouraged a belief in an ordered universe that operated according to divine law. When someone disrupted the natural order of things, the Furies were let loose. One of their responsibilities was carrying out curses with punishments including disease and madness. They were also responsible for punishing those who swore false oaths, and the dark nature of their responsibilities led them to be associated with Hades and the Underworld.
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0:00 Introduction
1:02 Who are the Moirai / Fates?
3:53 WHo are the Erinyes / Furies?
7:51 Outro
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Why do you think the ancient Greeks believed their fates were predestined by three goddesses?
This trio was featured in the sandman series.
My first thoughts after watching this video is that the first goddess is a symbol for birth. This can be your biological nature that influence where you go in life or your destiny. The second goddess is a symbol for selfreflection and looking at where your life is taking you. Then the third goddess seems to kill a part of you that is currently there by judging what part of you needs to die in order to fulfill your destiny and will make you be born again. Therefore the cycle starts again with the first goddess and you are born again. Kind of like a transformative symbol like the Phoenix. I could be wrong but this was the first thing that came to mind.
Thanks dear Kelly ma'am
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Thanks for another fun video reading it's boring listening to you makes it fun and understandable. Great job!!
Thank you for your kind words and for watching! 🙂
The Moirai and Erinyes provide clarity of why life exists, that life is predetermined and how one will be physically or mentally reared back on path when one strays from it.
In other words that there is a balance to all things.
The Greeks realized the need for and the existence of order and chaos.
For small bouts of time order can be chaotic and chaos will be controlled. This happens all for the goal to reestalish an order required for a prosperous civilization to exist.
The Moirai helped the Greeks understand that their life is like a string, delicately strong in the tapestry of existence. Providing reassurance that a life is already predetermined. For it is chaotic to not understand why one's life exists, and it is orderly to learn one is living a life in a predetermined fashion for whatever goal it may be - whether it's order or chaos.
All is a part of the balance.
The Erinyes are what some would call life's moral judge and jury to uphold order. An order that promoted a civilization to ultimatley prosper. When needed the Erinyes create chaos for the said morality of their designed order to prevail.
The Erinyes are Controlled Chaos because they are bound by rules as well.
There will always be balance and advocates, human or deity, to retain the balance.
Well said. Thanks for watching! 🙂
Need to do other versions from other cultures like the Norse.
Thanks for the suggestion. 🙂
Well said Kelly and Gods know every little thing about each one of us and our full life what will be from the time we are born due to our Fates
Thanks for watching! 🙂
I remember when I used to watch Xena and Hercules, the Fates were depicted as a young girl, an attractive woman, and an elderly woman. I've seen artwork where the Fates are two young women and an older woman with a dark aura as well as a teenage girl, an adult woman, and an elderly woman. Likewise, the Furies were depicted as normal, sexy women as opposed to having wings and snakes in their hair, which resemble gorgons 😅.
Yep, there are definitely a lot of different depictions of them out there, depending on the source/artist/writer, etc. Thanks for watching! 🙂
Destiny is measured by individual descison. It can bring prosperity or loss upon any city-state in ancient Greece.
Therefore, the Moroi and the Erinyes serve as a personification of freewill and it's
consequential limitations into three parts: First, Themis's daughter's weave and evaluate human life, yet refuse to engage with them. Second, Nyx's daughter's, are responsible for dispensing judgment based on curses. Lastly, they are immune to favoritism...
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Hail to the Moirai and the Eumenides!
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Was Grad geschah ein Stück Schädl von Athena is von uns gegangen wegen ihrer Vergangenheit " absurde Ursprung"
Who’s the fourth girl?
THE THREE FEMALES ARE PERSONIFICATIONS OF THE SUN, EARTH AND MOON. WE WERE 'FATED' TO BE HERE, BUT CAN STILL CHOOSE OUR OWN DESTINY
THANK YOU FOR SUCH GREAT PRESENTATIONS!
Dezert-Owl
Thanks for watching! 🙂
How is that different from modern determinism? Oh what you still believe in the illusion of free will?