Atropos
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In Greek mythology, Atropos ("without turn", "she who cannot be turned away") was the third of the Moerae. She was the oldest of the Three Fates, and was known as the "inflexible" or "inevitable." It was Atropos who chose the mechanism of death and ended the life of each mortal by cutting their thread with her "abhorred shears." She worked along with Clotho, who spun the thread, and Lachesis, who measured the length. Her origin, along with the other two fates, is uncertain. Although some called them the daughters of the night. It is clear, however, that at a certain period they ceased to be concerned with death and became instead those power which decided what must happen to individuals. Although Zeus was the chief Greek god, he was still subject to the decisions of the Fates, and thus the executor of destiny rather than its source.
According to Hesiod's Theogony, Atropos and her sisters (Clotho and Lachesis) were the daughters of Nyx (Night).
Her Roman equivalent was Morta.
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