History Main / TheHecateSisters

* The 2003 anime adaptation of ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'' has a villainous example in the form of the three women on team Homunculus. [[BrokenBird Lust]] is the Maiden, being a beautiful woman desperate to find meaning in her existence; [[TheStoic Sloth]] is the Mother, tasked with caring for the Homunculi's resident CreepyChild Wrath and effectively the resurrected remains of [[spoiler:the Elric Brothers' mother]]; [[BigBad Dante]] is the Crone, a centuries old woman who treats her enemies and allies alike with condescending pettiness.

** The ''Sandman'' Hecateae (or at least one aspect of them) were previously host of a horror comic, ''The Witching Hour'', under the names Mordred (crone), Mildred (mother), and Cynthia (maiden). In their first appearance in ''The Sandman'', Mordred complains that her name doesn't make sense, and Mildred explains she got Mordred and Morgause confused.

* In Gregory Maguire's novel ''Literature/{{Wicked}}'', the birth of Elphaba (who will become [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz the Wicked Witch of the West]]) is attended by a maiden, a mother, and a crone. To add to the "Fates" theme (remember, Elphaba is DoomedByCanon), she's born inside a puppet theater.

** Of the three [[CosmicKeystone Dreamers]], Monomon the Teacher is the Maiden, Herrah the Beast is the Mother (literally, to [[spoiler:Hornet]]), and Lurien the Watcher is the Crone.

* This is the basis of Nora's akumatized form, Hecate, in ''Blog/MiraculousRewrites''; she splits into three different beings each representing the maiden, the mother, and the crone, and they go around changing the ages of anyone unfortunate enough to cross their paths.

* The Fates appear in Disney's ''Disney/{{Hercules}}'', though they are depicted as the Graiae. In one episode of the TV series, when Hercules and Phil travel north and meet the Norse pantheon (with a bizarre/brilliant appearance by Garrison Keillor as Odin), it is revealed that they also fill in as the Norns.

* Creator/DarioArgento's Three Mothers Trilogy, which consists of 1977's ''Film/{{Suspiria|1977}}'', 1980's ''Film/{{Inferno}}'' and 2007's ''Film/MotherOfTears'', takes its inspiration from [[Literature/LevanaAndOurLadiesOfSorrow De Quincey's poem]], with each film featuring one of the titular women as an evil witch. Controlling the world from their bastion-like homes, the three include a crone (Mater Suspirioum/Helena Markos), a middle aged woman (Mater Tenebrarum, though she's technically supposed to be the youngest), and a maiden (Mater Lachrymarum).

* Hecate, in her negative aspect as Goddess of Insanity and madness, is the ticking clock in Creator/DennisWheatley's horro novel ''Literature/TheHauntingOfTobyJugg''

* The three women of the TenLittleMurderVictims in ''Literature/AndThenThereWereNone''. Vera is the maiden (the youngest, prettiest and most romantic), Mrs. Rogers is the mother (middle-aged, married and domestic), and Emily Brent is the crone (an elderly, bitter spinster with contempt anyone who doesn't fit her standards).

* The three women of the TenLittleMurderVictims in ''Literature/AndThenThereWereNone''. Vera is the maiden (the youngest, prettiest and most romantic), Mrs. Rogers is the mother (middle-aged, married and domestic), and Emily Blunt is the crone (an elderly, bitter spinster with contempt anyone who doesn't fit her standards).

** Another bit of note is that actual technical qualifications can matter less than your temperament. Nanny notes that she was never really a 'Maiden', not "ment'ly", before noting to Agnes, who's the "maiden" of her coven, that she blushes like her aunt who, despite having six children, blushes spectacularly when sex comes up. Likewise, Nanny and Granny are exactly the same age, but people consistently call in Nanny to deliver babies -- and they call on Granny to escort a dying soul to their rest. ''Discworld/{{Maskerade}}'' implies that much of Granny's power comes from qualifying as all three: she's [[CelibateHero still a Maiden]], as fiercely protective as any Mother, and definitely old and ruthless enough to be "the other one".

* ''Vanities'': The three characters somewhat fit these archetypes. Mary is the maiden, being a stereotypical flower child of the'60s, Kathy, the OCD head cheerleader and later head of the sorority, is the mother figure, and Joanne, who adheres to the conservative values of the bygone Eisenhower era, is the crone.

* The ''WesternAnimation/CasperTheFriendlyGhost'' comic reboot ''Casper and the Spectrals'' has Wendy's aunts, the Witch Sisters who were completely redesigned to be this.

* ''Vanities'': The three characters somewhat fit these archetypes. Mary=maiden, Joanne=mother, Kathy=crone.

* In Roman Polanski's ''Film/{{Macbeth}}'', the three witches consist of a young one, a matronly one, and a blind and lame crone.

** Of the three [[CosmicKeystone Dreamers]], Monomon the Teacher is the Maiden, Herrah the Beast is the Mother (literally, to Hornet), and Lurien the Watcher is the Crone.
** The three female Great Knights: Fierce Dryya=The Maiden, Kindly Isma=The Mother, Mysterious Ze'mer(The Grey Mourner)=The Crone.

* Downplayed with the main trio of ''Anime/TweenyWitches'', as they are all around 10. Arusu is the maiden (new to magic, impulsive and youthfully exuberant), Eva is the mother (caring, nurturing, sweet disposition), and Sheila is the crone (bitter, unsentimental and cold at first, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold but not without kindness]]).