Moros, also known as Fatum, is the 'hateful' personified spirit of impending doom, who drives mortals to their deadly fate. It was also said that Moros gave people the ability to foresee their death.
Description[]
Moros manifests as a shapeless spirit that bears the responsibility of revealing the day of one's impending demise. Because of this, he also came to be known as a spirit of depression, for the souls whose deaths he revealed are ridden with sadness and anguish.
Overview[]
He is the son of Nyx and Erebus; younger brother to Hypnos and Thanatos; and elder brother of the Fates. It is suggested by Gaius Julius Hyginus that Moros was sired by Erebus, primordial god of darkness. However, in Hesiod's Theogony it is suggested that Nyx bore him by herself, along with all her other children.
His other siblings are his brother Thanatos and half-sister Keres, who represent the physical aspects of death; Keres being the bringer of violent death and terminal sickness, while Thanatos represents a peaceful passing.
The Titan Prometheus suggests that he gave humanity the spirit Elpis in order to help them ignore the inevitability of Moros. He is also referred to as "the all-destroying god, who, even in the realm of Death, does not set his victim free," further supporting his image as representative of the inevitability of death and suffering.