Nona was one of the

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, the three personifications of destiny in

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), and the Roman goddess of pregnancy. The Roman equivalent of the Greek Clotho, she spun the thread of life from her

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onto her

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. Nona, whose name means "ninth", was called upon by pregnant women in their ninth month when the child was due to be born. She, Decima and Morta together controlled the metaphorical thread of life. Les trois Parques-Marco-Bigio

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