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Thread #54414 Message #842241
Posted By: Wilfried Schaum
06-Dec-02 - 08:44 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Weave and Mend (Trup/Cameron)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: weave and spin
How interesting! The song instantly reminded me of the three women in ancient mythology spinning the threads of human lives. The multitude of threads may be imagined as a weaving.
The first spins the threads, the second measures them, the third cuts them off.
In Greek such a woman is called Parze, in German a Norne.
They might be related to the three witches starting Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Wilfried