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, as in Father Time in European folklore, or Zurvan in Persian (Zoroastrian) tradition. In the book of Ecclesiastes in the Hebrew Bible, the terms עדן `iddan "time" vs. זמן zĕman "season" express a contrast similar to that of Greek Chronos vs. Kairos.
Ancient Near East
Ancient Egyptian religion
Assyro-Babylonian religion
Classical Antiquity
Ancient Greek religion
- The Fates: Moirai — Atropos · Clotho · Lachesis
- Aion
- Ananke
- Khronos (a Protogenoi, and not to be confused with the Titan, Kronus)
- Geras
- Horae
- Kairos
- Kronos (a Titan)
- Moros
- Tyche
Ancient Roman religion
- The Fates: Parcae — Decima · Morta · Nona
- Camenae: Antevorta/Porrima · Carmenta · Egeria · Postverta
- Aeternitas
- Anna Perenna
- Caerus
- Chronos
- Fortuna
- Saturn
- Vertumnus
Europe
Etruscan
Norse
- Norns: (Urðr · Verðandi · Skuld)
- Day: (Dagr · Skinfaxi)
- Night: (Nótt · Hrímfaxi)
- Seasons: (Sumarr and Vetr)
- Old age: Elli
- Urd
Baltic
- Aušra, goddess of the dawn
- Bezelea, Lithuanian goddess of the evening
- Brėkšta, Lithuanian goddess of twilight
- Dalia
- 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
- Sudenitsa, three sisters who determine the fate of one's life
- Sudice, Czech goddesses of fate
- Sudz, Polish goddesses of fate
- Ustrecha, Russian goddess of chance
Romanian
- Fates: Ursitoare
Other European
Asia
Bali
Buddhism
Hinduism
The Philippines
Tibet
- Lhamo, goddess of time and fate
Zoroastrianism
Africa
Igbo
Nubia
Yoruba
Americas
Lakota
- Anpao, dual-faced god of the dawn
See also
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