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Author: LordGro

Jun 5th 2018 at 11:04:41 AM

A few examples harvested from TheWeirdSisters, of the mythology / folklore category:
* In the "History of Troilus and Zellandine", an episode from the chivalric romance ''Perceforest''  (France, 14th century), three goddesses attend the birth celebration of princess Zellandine. Lucina (the goddess of childbirth) confers health on Zellandine, the second, Themis (the goddess of divine law), curses her to prick her finger on a distaff and fall in a magical sleep; the third, Venus (goddess of love), promises that she will be released from Themis' curse.
* "Literature/TheTaleOfNornaGest": At Nornagest's birth, his father invites three seeresses to foretell Nornagest's fate; of these the two elder ones make good predictions but the youngest curses the baby. The three women are introduced as seers, but the youngest one is then referred to as a Norn, and she pronounces a curse (not a prophecy).
* ''Literature/GestaDanorum'': In Book 6, King Fridleif consults "the oracles of the Fates" to ask for how the life of his newborn son Olvar will turn out. He goes to "the house of the gods" where he finds three maidens who are sisters, of which the first two grant beauty, popularity and generosity; but the third one is malicious and rules that Olvar will be considered a miser. The text leaves ambiguous whether the three women are three seers, or the Fates themselves.

TheOtherWiki has an article for this: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicked_fairy_godmother Wicked fairy godmother]].