In Roman mythology, Morta was the goddess of death. She is one of the Parcae, related to the Roman conception of the Fates in Greek mythology, the Moirae. She is responsible for pain and death that occurs in a half wake half sleep time frame. Her father is the god of night and her mother the goddess of darkness. She visits and warns in advance of the pain or death about to be endured. Nox.
Morta (disambiguation) — Morta was Queen of Lithuania (1253 1262). Morta may also refer to: Morta (mythology), the goddess of death in Roman mythology Morta (wood), a semi fossilized wood See also Mão Morta, a Portuguese avant garde rock band This disambiguati … Wikipedia
Morta — From Roman mythology, one of the Fates. The gods would spin the web of a person s destiny, and the Fates would carry out the gods will by laying out the web, and cutting it when the person s life was to end. The three goddesses were called… … The writer's dictionary of science fiction, fantasy, horror and mythology
Nona (mythology) — Les Parques ( The Parcæ ), Alfred Agache, c 1885 Nona was one of the Parcae, the three personifications of destiny in Roman mythology (the Moirae in Greek mythology and in Germanic mythology, the Norns), and the Roman goddess of pregnancy. The… … Wikipedia
List of Roman deities — Ancient Roman religion Marcus Aurelius (head covered) sacrificing at the Temple of Jupiter … Wikipedia
Moirae — The three Moirae. Relief, grave of Alexander von der Mark by Johann Gottfried Schadow. Old National Gallery, Berlin Greek deities series … Wikipedia
Triple deity — A triple deity (sometimes referred to as threefold, tripled, triplicate, tripartite, triune or triadic) is a deity associated with the number three. Such deities are common throughout world mythology; the number three has a long history of… … Wikipedia
Interpretatio graeca — is a Latin term for the common tendency of ancient Greek writers to equate foreign divinities to members of their own pantheon. Herodotus, for example, refers to the ancient Egyptian gods Amon, Osiris and Ptah as Zeus , Dionysus and Hephaestus ,… … Wikipedia
Atropos — From Greek mythology, one of the Fates. The gods would spin the web of a person s destiny, and the Fates would carry out the gods will by laying out the web, and cutting it when the person s life was to end. The three goddesses were called… … The writer's dictionary of science fiction, fantasy, horror and mythology
Clotho — From Greek mythology, one of the Fates. The gods would spin the web of a person s destiny, and the Fates would carry out the gods will by laying out the web, and cutting it when the person s life was to end. The three goddesses were called… … The writer's dictionary of science fiction, fantasy, horror and mythology
Decuma — From Roman mythology, one of the Fates. The gods would spin the web of a person s destiny, and the Fates would carry out the gods will by laying out the web, and cutting it when the person s life was to end. The three goddesses were called… … The writer's dictionary of science fiction, fantasy, horror and mythology
