The Fates were three mythological goddesses and may refer to:
- Moirai, the Fates of Greek Mythology
- Sudice, the Fates of Slavic Mythology
- Parcae, the Fates of Roman mythology
- Norns, numerous female beings who determine the fate or future of a person in Germanic paganism
- Three Witches, characters in Shakespeare's Macbeth
- The Fates, characters in Disney's Hercules and the English name for the Moirai
Famous quotes containing the word fates:
“However, our fates at least are social. Our courses do not diverge; but as the web of destiny is woven it is fulled, and we are cast more and more into the centre. Men naturally, though feebly, seek this alliance, and their actions faintly foretell it.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“On the death of a friend, we should consider that the fates through confidence have devolved on us the task of a double living, that we have henceforth to fulfill the promise of our friend’s life also, in our own, to the world.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)