In Greek mythology, Moros /ˈmɔːrɒs/ or Morus /ˈmɔːrəs/ (Greek: Μόρος, "doom, fate") is the being of impending doom, who drives mortals to their deadly fate.
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He is the offspring of Nyx, the embodiment of night, who had conceived him without male intervention, and brother of the Moirai, or the Fates, who controlled destiny. Moros' siblings Thanatos and Ker represented the physical aspects of death—Ker being the bringer of violent death and terminal sickness, while Thanatos represented a peaceful passing away.
In alternate versions, he had a father, Erebus.
Moros in Mythology
It was then proclaimed by the Fates that not even Zeus could question Moros, (because he was destiny) who, like his mother Nyx, was invisible and dark. That to alter destiny was to reintroduce Chaos into the world.
Even if Zeus issued a decree or made a promise he later regretted, he could not then change his decree because it was destiny. In which case, Moros was the only force that Zeus truly dreaded. Because of this, Moros was also considered to be omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent.
All of the major and minor gods that were not related to him lived in fear of what Moros could or would do to them. Aeschylus describes how Prometheus saved mankind from the misery of seeing their destiny with the gift of Elpis, the spirit of hope that came from Pandora's Box.