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Hungry Ghoul
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Re: inspiration
Yes, of course! That is a theme which is quite frequent in European myth, there are also the three weavers of fate in Greek mythology, called Moires I believe, transcened into Roman myth as the wicked
fatae, who, just like the Nornr, pulled and wove the thread of fate.
History as a fabric, woven by (entities of) fate, seems to ba a pan-European idea.
'I heed no call of clamant bell that rings / Iron-tongued in the towers of earthly kings. / Here on the stones and trees there lies a spell / Of unforgotten loss, of memory more blest / Than mortal wealth...'</p>