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Once a fairly benign goddess in early Greek times, Hecate became the
dread Greek-Roman Goddess of ghosts, a close confidante of Persephone
and a patron of witches.
The brutally wronged Hecuba of Troy was reincarnated as Her black
bitches, who accompanied Her on Her night walks.
Hecate was worshipped at three-way crossroads at night even by ordinary
Greek families and could ward off ghosts if properly propitiated. But
Romans also believed She had more sinister worshippers -- the witches
and sorceresses who could coerce even the gods to do their will.
When Persephone was kidnapped by Hades in the later Greek myth,
far-seeing Hecate was the only one who witnessed it.
Source:
The Dark Goddesses 11-28-97
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Hekate Origin of name: Greek. Goddess of the moon and pathways. Period
of worship: ca. 800 BC until Christianization (ca. 400 AD). Synonyms: Hecate.
Hekate is the daughter of Perses and Asteria, and is honored by Zeus as a goddess.
She is the mother of Scylla and is specifically a goddess of pathways and crossroads
traveled by night. Artistic representations show her carrying torches. Where paths
met, a triple figure of Hecate rose from masks placed at the junction. Offerings
were left in roadside shrines and at junctions. In late times she tended to become
syncretized with the goddess Artemis. Hekate is the patron of Medea and other
witches, and in some parts of Thessaly she was worshipped by occult bands of female
moon worshippers. In variations of the Demeter legends, Hekate plays a part in the
return of Persephone from Hades. She is also invoked as a bestower of wealth and favor.
Source: Encyclopedia of Gods 12-13-97
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The Chaldean Hekate encountered the human souls in forms always adequate
to their internal conditions: for those sunk in the body she was
necessity; for the erring, demonic temptation; for the renegade, A
CURSE; for those who recalled their divine nature, A GUIDE; and for
those who returned home, GRACE. To some, a DREAM. But to others, a
NIGHTMARE! Source: From Sar Draconis :
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 22:42:37 -0800, Newsgroups: alt.magick, Subject: Hail Hekate! 1-26-98
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