X-Google-Language: DUTCH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,ba6d63074a9fde0c X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-06 19:01:05 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!cox.net!news2.west.cox.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art From: Faux_Pseudo Subject: Re: Three Fates References: <3caf3f27.7277041@news.charter.net> Reply-To: Faux_Pseudo@yahoo.comERCIAL Message-ID: User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Lines: 70 Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2002 03:01:04 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.8.9.87 X-Complaints-To: abuse@cox.net X-Trace: news2.west.cox.net 1018148464 68.8.9.87 (Sat, 06 Apr 2002 22:01:04 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2002 22:01:04 EST Organization: Cox Communications Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:16696 --(Once apon a time, in alt.ascii-art,)-- --(LGB said it like only they can.)-- > On Fri, 05 Apr 2002 12:26:38 GMT, Faux_Pseudo wrote: > >> >> oo >> oooo >> oOOOOo >> oOOOOo >> oOOOOOoOo >> oOooooOooo >> ooOo ooOoO >> ooOO oOoo >> ooOO oOOo >> ooOOo OOoo >> ooOoo oOoOo >> ooOO O OOo >> oooo ooOOoo >> ooOo oooo oOoOo >> oOOo OOoOooOo ooOoo >> oooooooOOoOOOoO oOooo >> oooOOOOOooooOOOOOo oOOO >> ooOooo ooO OoOoOo >> oooooo oooOOOoOOoOO oOOOOOOoo >> oooooo oooOOOOOOOOoO oOooooOOooo >> oooooo oOoOO oooooOo OoOo oOOOoo >> oooOooo ooOOooOo oooOo ooOoOo oOoooo >> ooOoo oooOOoOoOOo oOoOooOoOo ooOooo >> oooooo oooOoOOOOOoo oOOoo ooooooo >> oooooo oooooooOooo oooOooo >> o ooooo ooOo OoOooo ooOOoo >> oooooo ooooooOoooOooOoOoOOoOO Ooo ooooOoo >> oooOOo ooOOoOOOOoOOOoOOOOo oooOOOOOoOO Oo oOOOOooo >> ooooOoO oOoOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoo ooOOOOOOOoOO Oo OoOooOoo >> oooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoOo oooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoOOooOOooo >>ooOOOOOOOOOooOoo o o oOOOOOO:F_P:OOOOooO >> oOoOo o o oOooOooo >> > Klotho,Atropos,Lachesis. Guessing that is what is being referred to. > The goddess determining, the beginning, how it is lived, and the ending. > The three phases of a womens life. Virgin, Matron, and Crone. From ancient Greek myth and probably older than that as well for they are more powerful than the gods even though in Greek myth they came into being after some of the more powerful gods. If you can find a version of The Castration of Uranus on the web you can get a feel for their origin. If you want a really good telling of them in more modern settings check out The Sandman Graphic Novels which you can get in any comic book store even though the series was cancled 6 years ago it still is printed and sells enough to pay the electricity bills of most comic shops. The following is for any reader that has something against comic books. I please do keep in mind that the forwards are done by people like Stephen King, Clive Barker, Tori Amos and Harlen Elson (sp?). It has reappearing characters like Shakespeare, the Three Fates, and even Confusous (again sp?). It has even won awards that comic books can not even be nominated for anymore because all of those _real_ writers where pissed off that some _picture_book_ up-staged them. -- +-(faux@fugozi)-(0.05|0.10|0.09)-(18:47|Sat Apr 06)-+ cat ~/.{sig,uin} It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word. - Andrew Jackson UIN=66618055