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morriswalters:
When Harry summons Mother Winter in Cold Days, Mother Summer doesn't hear the summoning.  Seems kinda weird if she is half of one of the fates.

I'm not suggesting that the Last Titan is one of the Fates, it was just odd that one of the Fates had killed a Titan.

g33k:

--- Quote from: morriswalters on June 03, 2020, 05:50:51 PM ---When Harry summons Mother Winter in Cold Days, Mother Summer doesn't hear the summoning.  Seems kinda weird if she is half of one of the fates.
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They aren't equal; they aren't identical.  Atropos, Skuld -- these are Darkness figures, Death figures.  While the "Crone" is never going to be a fertility-figure, there's Ancient Wisdom, the knowledge and experience that helps one survive the darkness and the cold, the wisdom that deepens ones enjoyment of the easier times; that's Mother Summer.

morriswalters:
Where are the other two Fates, Clothos and Lachesis? By using the names Atropos and Skuld he has called Mother Winter out as one of the Fates both in Norse mythology and Greek mythology. He does not summon her as the Crone, assuming that under another mantle she is part of Hecate.

Bad Alias:

--- Quote ---Q: Apparently, Mother Winter is Atropos, 'cept for a cleaver instead of scissors.

Mother Summer is more likely Clotho with her duty to grant life. This leaves Lachesis

A: Right model, but you've got it misaligned by 90 degrees. :)
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https://www.reddit.com/r/dresdenfiles/comments/1l514p/who_are_the_other_two_moiras/


--- Quote ---Are Mother Summer and Mother Winter two of three Fates?  If so what is the third?
No, they’re… read Skin Game.
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morriswalters:
@Bad Alias
Well that put a bullet in the head of that idea.  Here's my takeaway.  Jim's math is meaningless as metaphor.  He seems to be attempting to describe vertical versus lateral organization.  I knew they also represented Hecate.  Is there a Norse version of that goddess?  Don't answer.

@g33k
If Mother Winter isn't Atropos the question of if the shears are the Black Staff is moot.

@Yuillegan
If they aren't any of the  3 Fates then they obviously didn't kill a Titan.

Thanks all.

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