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Parcae, euphemistically the "sparing ones", or Fata,

  • Nona (Greek equivalent Clotho), who spun the thread of life from her distaff onto her spindle;
  • Decima (Greek Lachesis), who measured the thread of life with her rod;
  • Morta (Greek Atropos), who cut the thread of life and chose the manner of a person's death
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