Folklore of the Day

[Mike Baker]

Catelin the Patient (Amy Wilson) offered us additional information from 
mythology, to which I will expand based upon an encyclopedic source 
(material retrieved from notes taken from _The Illustrated Dictionary of 
Greek and Roman Mythology_, Michael Stapleton, 1978):

> As for "Fates" -- both Greek and Roman mythology contain this concept.
> The Greeks had a trio of goddesses they called the "Moirai," who 
controlled

"aisa, moira, daimon"; Daughters of Zeus and Themis; Klothes, the three 
spinners (in Hesiod)

> As for "Graces":  the poor resources available to me only mention that the
> Graces were "three sister goddesses in Greek mythology who are the
> givers of charm and beauty."  Of course, the word "grace" is Latin in 
origin,
> so you make the call.

daughters of Zeus and Eurynome; charis = grace; Thalia "the flowering", 
Euphrosyne "joy", Aglaia "radiant"

NOT to be confused with the Graiae, the three sisters of the Gorgons who 
shared a single eye (per Hesiod, the three witches fooled by Perseus: Dino, 
Enyo, Pemphredo)

> Furies I can't comment on -- again, I'm thwarted by the lack of good
> sources at my immediate location.

Similar lack of sources immediate to hand, therefor the delay over the 
weekend.

(from memory, no specific literary citation) The names I have encountered 
for the Furies were Tisiphone, Mageara, and Alecto.

And, to add yet another trio to the setting (male this time, to serve the 
balance):

According to Ovid, the sons of Sleep were Morpheus (dreams of human form), 
Phobetor (dreams of beasts), and Phanatos (dreams of inanimate things)

Kihe Blackeagle (the Dreamsinger Bard)  s.k.a. Amr ibn Majid al-Bakri 
al-Amra
     currently residing in Barony of the Steppes, Kingdom of Ansteorra
Mike C. Baker                      mbaker at rapp.com
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