The myths of fate
The fate is a notion that you can find in almost every culture.
The inyeaon (인연) is a belief in Korean culture, in which people who have met in this life knew each other from past lives. The movie “Past Lives” explain well this kind of connection. There is this person who took a very significant place in these lives and the present life, but the inyeon is not about the romantic love we have seen a lot in Hollywood myths, but mostly about the feelings of compassion we have towards others, and why we are prone to feel deeper bond toward some people. A brush against the sleeve or a look, everything can be interpreted as a link from the past, and this meeting is due to repeat itself in future lives.
The mektoub is another way to describe fate, in the arabic culture. It can be translated as “it is written” or “it is destined” in english.
You can find another example of destiny represented by threads in the greco-roman and nordic mythology.. In the Greco-roman mythology, the three Moirai Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos, were the three sisters that embodied destiny. They are also known as the three Parcae in the roman empire, Nona, Decima and Morta. Those three deities where in charge of the thread of people’s life.