Moros
Moros ( Greek Μόρος Móros , German 'fate, doom' ) is the god of doom and destruction in Greek mythology .
According to Hesiod , he is a child of Nyx , the embodiment of night. He and his siblings Ker , Thanatos , Hypnos , Aither , Hemera , Charon , Momos , Eris and Nemesis belong to the group of fate and death gods or demons known as Keres.
literature
- Rudolf Hanslik: Moros. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XVI, 1, Stuttgart 1933, Col. 312 f.
- Karl Tümpel: Moros . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 2.2, Leipzig 1897, column 3215 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Moros in Theoi Project (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hesiod Theogony 211f