After disposing of his first wife, Zeus looked to marry again! He decided that the Titan Themis was the woman for him! She was the earth goddess, and was daughter of Gaia and Uranos.
She bore many children for Zeus. In no particular order they were:
The Seasons, called The Horai
Order, called Eunomia
Justice, called Dike
Peace, called Eirene
and finally the Fates.
All of the children were female. The Fates were actually three children, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos. These women controled the lives of men, the wove the thread of life (Clotho), measured it's lifespan, and wove it into the tapestry of life (Lachesis), and then cut it at the end of it's life (Atropos). In some myths they are also called the children of Night.
I am still researching what happened to her, as yet I have found no myths regarding her life after marriage to Zeus, or even how she stopped being married to him. She bore the children, and after that there is no word of her fate.
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