X-Google-Language: DUTCH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,ba6d63074a9fde0c X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-09 18:18:30 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-post-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: nope@nospam.nut (LGB) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Three Fates Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 01:16:49 GMT Organization: very little.net Message-ID: <3cb3927a.5236893@news.charter.net> References: <3caf3f27.7277041@news.charter.net> X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.21/32.243 X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Lines: 80 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:16768 On Sun, 07 Apr 2002 03:01:04 GMT, Faux_Pseudo wrote: >--(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. Triple Goddess knot (pre-celtic). Maiden, Mother, and Crone. Wondering if they were adopted from another culture having its roots traced to and be the same as the Three fates. >If you can find a > version of The Castration of Uranus on the web you can get a >feel for their origin. Foam daughter or daughters >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. Sounds like some good and fun reading. >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. :) lgbeard