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Parcae

noun

Any of the three Roman goddesses of fate or destiny; identified with the Greek Moirai and similar to the Norse Norns.

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"Parcae" Quotes from Famous Books

... solitary tallow candle burned dimly, a cricket chirped monotonously, as though it were bored, the little clock ticked hastily on the wall, a mouse stealthily scratched and gnawed behind the wall-hangings, and the three old maids, like the Parcae, moved their knitting-needles silently and swiftly to and fro, the shadows cast by their hands now flitted, again quivered strangely in the semi-darkness, and strange thoughts, also half-dark, swarmed in the child's head. No one would have called Fedya an interesting child: he was quite pallid, ...

— A Nobleman's Nest • Ivan Turgenieff

... threads which the Parcae have woven into my life. The snapping of the thread that represents my scientific career leaves me utterly indifferent. The bloody tearing of the other thread"—he had in mind his love for his wife—"makes the first event insignificant. ...

— Atlantis • Gerhart Hauptmann

Words linked to "Parcae" : Roman deity