Time and fate deities
Time and fate deities are personifications of time, often in the sense of human lifetime and human fate, in polytheistic religions. In monotheism, Time can still be personified, like Father Time.
Classical Antiquity
Ancient Greek religion
Ancient Roman religion
Europe
Etruscan
Mari
- Purysho, Mari god of fate who creates the future of all men
Norse
Baltic
- Aušra, goddess of the dawn
- Bezelea, Lithuanian goddess of the evening
- Brėkšta, Lithuanian goddess of twilight
- Dalia
- Deivės Valdytojos, Lithuanian group of seven goddesses who weave garments from human lives
- Dekla, Latvian goddess of fate
- Gegute, Lithuanian goddess of time
- Kruonis, Lithuanian goddess of time
- Laima, Lithuanian goddess of fate
- Lauma
- Prakorimas, Lithuanian supreme god whose function is similar to that of Praamžius
- Praamžius, Lithuanian supreme god who determines the fates of all life, the world, and the other gods. He is also the husband of the Mother Goddess Lada
- Veliuona, Lithuanian goddess of death, the afterlife, and eternity
- Verpėja, Lithuanian goddess who weaves the thread of one's life
Slavic
Romanian
- Fates: Ursitoare
Other European
Asia
Bali
Buddhism
Hinduism
Mesopotamia
Middle East
The Philippines
Tibet
- Lhamo, goddess of time and fate
Zoroastrianism
Africa
Ancient Egyptian religion
Igbo
Nubia
Yoruba
Americas
Lakota
See also
References
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