Clotho
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In Greek mythology, Clotho or Klotho, the Greek word Κλωθώ for "spinner", was the youngest of the Moirae (the Fates). It was Clotho who spun the threads of life with her distaff. According to Hesiod's Theogony, she and her sisters (Lachesis and Atropos) are the daughters of Night (by no one).
Her Roman equivalent was Nona (the 'Ninth'), who was originally a goddess called upon in the ninth month of pregnancy.[citation needed]
[edit] Clotho in popular culture
The song "Hush Puppet" by Canadian Darkwave band Cry Pandora describes Clotho as a dark spider that dangles people on her thread like a puppet.
In Kyouryuu Sentai Zyuranger (the series that the Power Rangers was based on), Clotho was an entity with the power of life. She was also the one that gave the Lapseless Room, Zyusouken (Beast Play Sword), and Dragon Caesar to Burai (The Dragon Ranger). It is rumored that after Burai's death, many kids wrote to TV Asashi (the TV station that Zyurangers was on) asking for the writers to have Clotho resurrect Burai.
In Stephen King's Insomnia, Clotho is depicted as a small male doctor alongside Lachesis and Atropos.
In the video game God of War II, Clotho acts as the penultimate boss (before Zeus). Here, she is depicted as immensely obese, being unable to move around with her girth.
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