entity_id,source_id,evidence_type,source_note ENT_MOIRAI,SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY,direct attestation,"Theogony 217-220: the three Moirai (Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos — ""who give mortal men evil and good to have"") are daughters of Night in the first account; Theogony 901-906 gives a second account: born of Zeus and Themis; Hesiod is the foundational text for the Moirai as three named goddesses of destiny; the first account (as daughters of Nyx) places them outside divine authority, the second subordinates them to Zeus" ENT_MOIRAI,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation,"The Moirai (Fates) are named in the Iliad as the force that assigns each person their portion at birth; Iliad XXIV.209-210 (Hecuba says a Moira gave Hector his spirit); XX.127; the concept of moira as a binding fate operates throughout both epics; the three-fold Clotho/Lachesis/Atropos division is Hesiodic, not Homeric" ENT_MOIRAI,SRC_THEOI_GODS,index attestation,Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. ENT_MOIRAI,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation,"Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature)."