Sunday, March 8, 2020

Week 9 Wikipedia Trail, The Fates

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I have to tie the fates of Daedalus and Jakayu and Icarus and Sampati together, so I figured it would be a good idea to learn how Indian religions understood the concept of fate.  They focus on karma and dharma, so I'm not sure how fate plays into a religion that actively celebrates autonomy.  It took me a little bit to figure out the path to get from the Greek Fates to Indian ideas of fates.  I had to start with the Greek term Moirai before I could find anything that remotely looked like The Fates in Indian mythology.





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