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The Fates are the three goddesses from Greek and Roman mythology, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, who control human destiny.

The Fates have power to decide a man's destiny. They assign a man to good or evil. Their most obvious choice is choosing how long a man lives. There are three Fates: Clotho, the spinner, who spins the thread of life. Lachesis, the one who measures, who choses the lot in life one will have and measures off how long it is to be. Atropos, she who cannot be turned, who at death with her shears cuts the thread of life.

The Three Fates are also characters in Disney's 1997 movie: Hercules. In the movie these three sisters share one eye, which they use to see the future. They also determine the deaths of mortals, cutting a mortal’s Thread of Life to send them to the Well of Souls in the Underworld. They know everything that has happened and will happen, and are an authority above the gods in this respect, though the one thing they cannot do is kill a god.

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