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Old 09-20-2004, 05:37 PM   #1
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Does anyone know anything about greek mythology? In particular the fates. I was under the impression that they had one eye between them, but I've looked on the interwebnet (it's a huge global network of computers apparently) and I can't find any reference to this. So is that just from the disney hercules film? Any help would be much appreciated.
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Old 09-20-2004, 05:42 PM   #2
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You'll probably find all the answers on this interresting site.
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Old 09-20-2004, 05:45 PM   #3
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I thought the Stygian Witches shared the eye.

Here are the Fates:
http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/g...hp?deity=FATES
http://www.loggia.com/myth/fates.html

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Old 09-20-2004, 05:49 PM   #4
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I thought it was the Graiai who shared a tooth and an eye, not the Moirai/Fates. Don't know the Disney movie, I refuse to see a politically correct cartoon corruption of such a great saga.

Edit: Johnny and Timber posted while I was writing... don't know the Stygian Witches you're referring to Timber, could it be my Graiai under a different name?

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Old 09-20-2004, 05:58 PM   #5
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Maybe .... or it could just be that this is another in the long list of things Clash of the Titans got wrong. I went checking and couldn't find an answer one way or the other.
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Old 09-20-2004, 06:01 PM   #6
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Well, I do know that the Graiai are the ones sharing the tooth and eye - I remember reading about them. I think it was Perseus, or one of the great Greek heroes anyway, who was on a quest and needed the Graiai to help him, so he stole their tooth and eye and wouldn't give them back until they gave him his answer. [img]smile.gif[/img]
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Old 09-20-2004, 06:18 PM   #7
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Well, sounds like the same myth, then. Perseus sought their help to defeat the Kraken, a Titan.
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Old 09-20-2004, 06:19 PM   #8
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I hadn't heard of the whole sharing eye thing until I saw the Disney Hercules movie, which was a GROSS misrepresentation of Greek mythology, don't even get me started on the whole Hera-Hercules thing.
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You don't want to know how much Disney perverts facts. The Lion King was full of biological incorrect animals. Rafiki (the 'baboon') and Timon were a mixture of different animals.
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Old 09-21-2004, 08:48 AM   #10
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As quoted from my textbook, "Classical Mythology"


The three Fates; Daughters of Zeus and Themis


Zeus is sometimes said to be the father of the Fates (Greek, Moirai; Parcae for the Romans) as a result of his union with Themis. Night and Erebus are also said to be their parents. The Fates are originally birth spirits who often came to be depicted as three old women responsible for the destiny of every individual. Clotho (Spinner) spins out the thread of life, which carries with it the fate of each human being from the moment of birth. Lachesis (Apportioner) measures the thread. Atropos (Inflexible), sometimes characterized as the smallest and most terrible, cuts it off and brings life to an end. On occasion, they can be influenced to alter the fate decreed by their labors, but usually the course of the destiny that they spin is irrovocable.



I actually have the written song that they sing to the souls that they control if you need that.
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