Hecate: Goddess of Magic and Witchcraft - Greek Mythology #mythology #shorts #mythical #mythology

Hecate - Greek Mythology Stories

In Greek mythology, Hecate was considered to be the goddess of magic, witchcraft, the night, the moon, ghosts, and necromancy. She was often portrayed holding a pair of torches, a snake, or a key. She was the daughter of the Titan Perses, the god of destruction, and Asteria, the Titan goddess of falling stars, and she was honored in the households as a protective goddess who brought prosperity.

Hecate was a goddess of the underworld that preceded the Olympians, and it seems that she was highly worshipped in Thrace. She was also closely associated with the spiritual world, ghosts, and the dead. A shrine to Hecate was placed at the entrances of homes or even cities, hoping to protect them from the evil spirits that roamed the world.

She also helped goddess Demeter in her search for her daughter Persephone, when Persephone was abducted by Hades, god of the underworld; after it was decided that Persephone would spend a third of a year in the underworld and the rest on earth, Hecate became Persephone's companion to and from the underworld each year.

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