Clotho (also known as Klotho) was one of the three Fates, a goddess of destiny. She, along with her two sisters, Lachesis and Atropos, have the job of deciding the fate of everyone, including the immortal gods. Clotho's specific job was to weave the thread of a person's life. She also decided when a person was born, and if they could be saved or stay dead.
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Being one of the Three Fates or Moirai, Clotho helped Hermes in making the alphabet, made the goddess Aphrodite into making adore with other divine beings, harmed the beast Typhon with a toxic fruit, influenced Zeus to slaughter Asclepius with a jolt of lightning, and helped the divine beings in their war with the Giants by slaughtering Agrius and Thoas with bronze clubs. Clotho too utilized her life-giving powers within the myth of Tantalus, the man who had killed and arranged his child Pelops for a supper party with the divine beings. When the divine beings had found out what Tantalus had done, they put the remaining pieces of Pelops in a cauldron. Clotho brought him back to life, with the exception of a shoulder which was eaten by Demeter, which was supplanted by a chunk of ivory. Clotho was worshiped in numerous places in Greece as a member of the Moirai and is some of the time related with the Keres and Erinyes, which are other divinities in Greek mythology. Ariadne, the goddess who presided over fertility, is comparative to Clotho in that she carries a ball of string, much like Clotho's spindle.
Clotho, at the side her sisters, was deceived into getting to be poisoned by Alcestis. Alcestis, who had two children with Admetus, became miserable when Admetus became very sick and eventually passed away. Alcestis utilized Clotho's drunkenness to retrieve her husband. The Moirai clarified that in the event that they were to discover a substitution for Admetus at that point he can be discharged from the Underworld. A substitute was not found so Alcestis offered herself up to be the substitution in arrange to bring her spouse back to life. As the assention had been met, Alcestis rapidly started to grow sick and sank into her grave as Admetus came back to life. At the final moment, Heracles arrived at the domestic of Admetus. When Thanatos came to retrieve Alcestis, Heracles wrestled him and constrained him to return Alcestis, permitting Admetus and Alcestis to be rejoined.
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