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ID: 901002190
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002190
Record Type: Character/Person

Morta (Roman deity)

Note: One of the three Roman fates, representing death.

Names:
Morta (Roman deity) (preferred,English-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Roman iconography> (P)
........<Roman characters> (P)
............Morta (Roman deity) (I)
Related Iconography:
associated with .... Decima
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Roman iconography, Roman characters, Decima (Roman deity)) [901002188]
associated with .... Nona
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Roman iconography, Roman characters, Nona (Roman deity)) [901002189]
counterpart is .... Atropos
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Atropos (Greek deity)) [901002183]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... deity
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
is personification of .... fate
.....(philosophical concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
affiliated/associated with .... death
.....(personal life events, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Morta (Roman deity)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Fates," accessed 31 July 2019
................ Source for image https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Peter_Paul_Rubens_-_Sketches_-_WGA20439.jpg

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