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a Hekatean Priestess? In Spring? Groundbreaking.
just starting out with tumblr again, I was super active here from like 2013-2015. I was a fandom tumblr, and then not much later a pagan/hellenic polytheist blog(s). so SuperWhoLock tbh. and Loki from the MU. Oh and Hannibal. my Hannibal blog is maybe still around somewhere? Funny. My main/original tumblr blogs were : hiddlesasshat, paintedpagan, and ballodofawitch. My tumblr origin story lmfao.
At one point I had deleted all my blogs out of deep rooted christian shame, thought I was "rededicating my life" to Jesus. Turns out 2 years in a row I just had Jesus Christ Summer Fever. Yeah, idk, I'm just relaying the experience. I am, have been, and will be, a practicing pagan pantheist/hellenic polytheist/Hekatean dragon (draconic?) witch. Ask me anything. This is my opening post, but I'll save some lore for later.
Anyways, I'm back for the foreseeable future. My main dedicated Hellenic blogs right now are @hekatedrakaina @hekatebuthios and @aphroditenymphia đ©· I've barely started them though so don't expect much heh
Posting because 3 is a sacred number to Hekate and I figured I'd do a personal post on my personal blog. Yes the image that is my current wallpaper is AI made I'm pretty sure, I found it on Reddit in a Hekate/Hecate subreddit. I likes it so I put it there, I really appreciate this image of her and may try to recreate it myself somehow. I like to draw, sing, and write đ€đ Hail Apollo âïž
I've been courting Hekate offically since 2021 but only started full on working with and worshipping her in 2025. So at some point I'll talk about my experiences, but it's still somewhat the beginning for Hekate and I's relationship, so I'm taking it slow with the posting. I've been aware of her for at least a decade though. anywho...
Hail Hekate Drakaina đ€đ„đ
The Mother of Dragons, and Mother to me and you,
Hail Hekate PaggennĂȘteira, Hail Hekate PammĂȘtĂŽr
Hail Hekate, Mother of All
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Khaire Hekate Buthios đ Hail my sisters đĄđŻ
#witchblr#witch#witch aesthetic#hekate#hecate#witchcraft#hekatean witchcraft#occulture#occult#cthonic#kthonios#deipnon
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Hekate / Hecate
(from my old amino before I got banned đ, pretty much copy n pasted for reference)
Dogs/puppies [from https://hekatecovenant.com/resources/symbols-of-hekate/dogs/] -The dog was connected to spirits, the home (as a guard), a friend of the family, also symbolising an easy birth and fertility. Represents the earth element. Also known as the 'black bitch'. Originated in ancient hymns, writings, ancient Greek pottery, stone carvings and statues. Its first symbolism came from the Trojan Queen Hekabe who leapt into the sea after the fall of Troy. Hecate took pity on her and turned her into a black dog which became her familiar. In some Greek towns, black female dogs were sacrificed in Hecate's honour, usually at night. Cerberus, the three-headed hound who guards the entrance of the Underworld is additionally connected to Hecate. In American + European folklore, dogs have always been seen as supernatural in the nature of what humans can't see. Black dogs are thought to roam the locations Hecate holds sacred; desolate roads, moors, cemeteries and the crossroads. Dogs attend her as she roams these desolate spaces.Â
Dragons [credit to https://hekatecovenant.com/resources/symbols-of-hekate/dragon/]- There are loads of epithets of Hecate. One of her epithets comes from the name 'propylaya' meaning 'she who stands before the gate'. Her hound is believed to be the three-headed dog Cerberus who guards the gateway into the Underworld and some myths believed that dogs replaced dragons. There is imagery associated with Medea with riding her flying chariot escaping from Korinthos after the murder of the king Kreon. Her dragons were a pair of winged, serpentine dragons.Â
Black lamb - A preferred sacrificial offering to Hecate. In modern times, it would be more suitable to have a representative of a black lamb such as a statue or photograph , or somehow getting a living black female sheep into your house without wrecking havoc in front of your altar (I don't recommend having a living animal on your altar!).Â
Fire breathing Horse or Bull - Represents the fire element. It was symbolic of Hades fiery soul. Hecate is often seen in images crowned with bull-like crescent horns. Black bulls became heavily associated with Hecate as sacrificial animals in necromancy rituals. It is a constant reminder of her powers as creator and destroyer symbolised by the phases (waxing and waning) of the moon and seen in the crescent horns of a bull.
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Hydra headed snake or serpent [https://archetypicalwitchcraft.wordpress.com/2014/01/24/understanding-hekate-part-5-the-meaning-of-her-ancient-symbols/]- A solar and underworld symbol. Represents the water element. It was an ambivalent symbol just like the dog, it was connected to the sun, healing and regeneration. Yet there was also a link to the spiritual side, the underworld too. There was old folklore which believed spirits would appear as a snake to bless the house. Snakes, like domestic animals was said to be able to see and feel the presence of spirits, so they were used in necromancy and magic to figure out if there was spirits around.Â
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Other associations are: frogs or toads; black bulls (draped in wreaths of yew and was then slaughtered in her honour);belladonna (poisonous herb!), cypress; dittany; mandrake; honey (anything sweet), dark chocolate (modern interpretation!); red wine (of course only if your in the age to use it, though your not going to be drinking it!);Â torches;Â infernal spirits; dagger; ebony; knives or daggers (obviously be safe and don't do any silly things with it!); twin torches; magickal brewing (so potions); silver; grey; bats; rope; black; mental health; hearth and home; dreams; divination; cauldrons; fate. MORE HERBS:Â hazel, black poplar, cedar, willow, garlic, thyme, almonds, myrrh, mugwort, mint, dandelion, cardamom, hellbore, belladonna, hemlock, mandrake, hecateis (aconite, wolfsbane [poisonous]) opium poppy, verbena, sage, purple honeysuckle, camomile. Any hallucination herbs (be careful obviously and know your stuff and even then check it with someone who also knows their stuff). Owls, bears, ravens, cats (possibly) and donkeys.Â
She is associated with yew, garlic, all poisonous herbs (use representations, so little tiny mushroom statues), oak, white, red, purple, ferrets (polecats), healing, healing herbs (more of the stronger ones and notorious ones), keys (Knowledge, unlocking wisdom, seeing the truth), mandrake, lamps, saffron, sandals in bronze or gold, whips, iron, the wolf, mullet (the blood-coloured goatfish), the new moon, twilight (best time to do rituals with her).
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Also MORE epithets ("An epithet is an honorary and praiseful descriptive title used as part of a name."), all taken and sourced from http://www.patheos.com/blogs/matauryn/2017/07/19/many-epithets-hekate/.Â
Adamantaea âUnconquerableâ, âUntamable Goddessâ
AdmĂȘtos âIndomableâ, âUnconqueredâ
Aenaos âEternalâ
Agallomenen Elaphoisi âRejoicing in Deerâ
Agia âSacredâ, âHolyâ
Aglaos âRadiantâ
Agriope âWild-eyedâ, âFierce-facedâ, âSavage-watcherâ, âwild-voicedâ
Agrotera âHuntressâ
AidĂŽnaia âGoddess of Hadesâ, âOf the Underworldâ
Aimopotis âBlood-drinkerâ, âMurdererâ
AiĂŽnos âEternalâ
AizĂȘiÎżs âVigorousâ
Aktinochiatis âRadiant hairedâ, âWith Rays for Hairâ
Aktiophis [Of Unknown Meaning]
Alexeatis âAverter of Evilâ
Alkimos âPowerfulâ, âStrongâ, âStoutâ, âBraveâ
Amaimaketos âUnconquerableâ, âRagingâ, âInvincibleâ, âUnapproachableâ, âUncontrollableâ
Ambrotos âImmortalâ
Ameibousa âOne That Transformsâ
Amphiphaes âCircumlucentâ
Amphiprosopos âDouble-facedâ
Amphistomos âDouble-mouthedâ
Anassa âQueenâ
Anassa Eneroi âQueen of the Deadâ
Androphonos âKiller of Menâ
Angelos âMessengerâ
Antaian Theou âShe Who Meetsâ
Antania âEnemy of Mankindâ
AĂŽroboros âDevourer of the Prematurely Deadâ, âDevourer of the Untimely Deadâ
Apanchomene âThe Hanged Oneâ
Apotropaios âAvertingâ, âAverterâ
Aphrattos âUnnamed Oneâ
ArĂȘgos âHelperâ
Archikos âRoyalâ
Ariste âThe Bestâ
Ariste Cthonia âBest of the Worldâ, âBest in the Worldâ
Arkuia / Arkyia âSpinner of websâ, âEntrapperâ
Arrhetos âIneffableâ
Astrodia âStar-walkerâ, âStar-Courserâ
Atala âTenderâ, âDelicateâ
Atasthalos âPretentiousâ, âRecklessâ, âPresumptiousâ
Athanatos âImmortalâ, âOf Immortal Fameâ
AutophyĂȘs / Autopheus âSelf-generatingâ. âSelf-begottenâ
Azonos âWithout Bordersâ
Azostos âUngirtâ, âWithout a Beltâ
Baridouchos âBarque-holderâ, âSkiff-holderâ
Basileia âQueenâ, âPrincessâ
Bolos âFar-Throwerâ,
BoĂŽpis âCow-eyedâ
Booporos âOx-Herderâ
Borborophorba âEater of Filthâ
Boukolos âOx-Herderâ
BrimĂŽÂ âAngry-Oneâ, âTerrifyingâ
Buthios âAbysmalâ, âOf the Depthsâ
Charopos âFerocious-aspectedâ, âFierceâ, âGrimâ, âFlashingâ, âBright, âHaving blue-grey eyesâ, âof the Seaâ
Chthonia âChthonicâ, âOf the Earthâ
ChrysĂŽpis âGolden-facedâ
Chrysosandalos âof Golden Sandalsâ
Chrysosandalaimopotichthonia âGoddess of the Lower World Wearing Golden Sandals and Drinking Bloodâ
Chrysostephanos âGolden-Crownedâ, âCrowned with Splendorâ
ChrysostephĂȘs âGolden-crownedâ
Dadophoros âTorchbearerâ
Dadouchos âTorch-bearerâ
Daeira âThe Knowing Oneâ
Daidalos âCunningâ
Damasandra âDominator of Menâ, âSubduer of Menâ
Damnamene âMeans of Constraintâ
Damnodamia âSubduer of Subduersâ
Damnomeneia âDominating Forceâ
DasplĂȘtis âHorrorâ, âFrightful-oneâ
Deichteira âTeacherâ, âRevealerâ
Deinos âTerribleâ
Despoina âLadyâ, âMistressâ
Dione âGoddessâ
Doloessa / Doloeis âAstute-oneâ, âSubtleâ, âWilyâ, âCunningâ
Drakaina âSerpentâ, âDragonâ
EidĂŽlios âPhantasmalâ, âGhostlyâ
Eileithyia âNurse of Childbirthâ, âGoddess of Midwivesâ
Einalian âOf the Seaâ
Einodia Thygater Demetros âDaughter of Demeter, who is of the Roadâ
Ekklesia âOf the Assemblyâ
Ekdotis âBestowerâ
ElaphĂȘbolos âDeer-huntressâ, âShooter of Deerâ
Elateira âDriverâ, âCharioteerâ
Ellophonos âFawn-slayerâ
Epaine âAwe-Inspiringâ, âGloriousâ, âSublimeâ
Empousa / Empusa [Of unknown meaning, related to the monster Empusa and the idea of phantoms and specters]
Empylios âAt the Gateâ
Empyrios âEmpyreanâ
Enodia âOf the crossroadsâ, âOf the Roadsâ, âOf the Pathâ
Ephodia âTraveling Expensesâ, âProvisions for the Roadâ, âTraveling Suppliesâ, âResourcesâ
Ephoros âGuardianâ âOverseerâ
Epigeioi âof the Earthâ
Epiphanestate Thea âthe Most Manifest Goddessâ
Epipurgidia âon the Towerâ
Episkopos âGuardianâ, âOne who Watches Overâ, âOverseerâ
Epiteichea âThe Strongholdâ, âFortâ
Epi-tymbidia âSepulchralâ
Eranne âLovelyâ
Erannos âLovelyâ
Ergatis âEnergizerâ
Ărigeneia âDaughter of morningâ, âEarly-bornâ
ErĂŽtotokeia / Erototokos âBearer of loveâ, âProducing Loveâ, âWho Bore Loveâ
Eukoline âGood Temperedâ
Eupatepeia âNoble-bornâ
Eurippa âHorse-finderâ
Geneteira âMotherâ
Genetyllis âBirth-Helperâ, âGoddess of Childbirthâ, âMidwifeâ
Gigaessa âGiantâ
Gorgo âThe Grimâ, âThe Gorgonâ
Hecatoncheires âHundred-handedâ
Hegemonen âGuideâ
HĂȘgemoye âQueenâ
Helike âRevolvingâ
Hersechthonia âSpeaking From Belowâ
Hexacheira âOf Six Waysâ, âOf Six Handsâ
Hiera âHoly Oneâ
Hieros Pyr âHoly Fireâ
Hipparete âHorse-Speakerâ
Hippokyon âMare Bitchâ, âHorse Dogâ
Hippoprosopos âHorse-Facedâ
Hypolampteira [Of Unknown Meaning â possibly related to light or brightness]
Iocheaira / Iokheaira âArrow-shooterâ, âOne who Shoots Arrowsâ
Indalimos âBeautifulâ
IppokyĂŽn âMare-Dogâ, half dog/ half horse
IppoprosĂŽpos âHorse-facedâ
Kalkaea âWearer of High Bootsâ
Kalligeneia âBearing Beautiful Offspringâ
Kalliste âFairestâ
Kapetoktypos âTomb-disturberâ, âCausing the Noise of Lamentationâ
Kardiodaitos âHeart-Eaterâ, âFeasting on Menâs Heartsâ
Kareia âof Kariaâ, âKrausâ
Karko âLamiaâ, âChild-Eatingâ, âNocturnal Spiritâ
Katachthonia âSubterraneanâ
Katakampsypsaychenos âBender of proud necksâ
Kelkaia [Of Unknown Meaning]
KeratĂŽpis âHorned-facedâ, âHorned Lookingâ
Keroeis âHornedâ
Kthonia âOf the Underworldâ, âOf the Earthâ
Kleidouchos / Kleidoukhos âKey-holderâ, âKey-keeperâ
KlĂŽthaiĂȘÂ âSpinner of fateâ
Kore âMaidenâ
Kourotrophos âChildâs Nurseâ, âNurse of Youthsâ
Krataios / Kratais âPowerfulâ, âDominatorâ, âOf the Rocksâ
Krokopeplos âSaffron-Cloakedâ
Kunolygmatos âDoglike Howlerâ, âWho howls doglikeâ
Kydimos âGloriousâ
Kynegetis âLeader of Dogsâ
Kynokephalos âDog-Headedâ
Kynolygmate âHowling Like a Dogâ, âWho Howls Dog-likeâ
KyĂŽn âBitchâ, âDogâ
KyĂŽn Melaina âBlack Bitchâ, âBlack Dogâ
Kyria âThe Powerfulâ, âThe Supremeâ
Laginitis âOf Laginaâ
Lampadephoros âLamp-bearerâ, âTorch-bearerâ, âWho Warns of Nighttime Attackâ
Lampadios âLamp-bearerâ, âTorch-bearerâ
Leaina âThe Lionessâ
Leontoukhos âHolding a Lionâ
Leukophryne âWhite-Browedâ, âOf the White-Browed Hillâ
Limenitis âHarbor Goddessâ
Limenitikos âOf the Harborâ, âHarbor Goddessâ
Limenoskopos âOf the Thresholdâ, âWatcher of Havensâ, âOn the Harborâ, âWatching the Harborâ
Liparokredemnos âOf the Bright Headbandâ, âBright-Coiffedâ
Liparoplokamos âBrilliant-Braidedâ
Lochias âProtector of birthâ, âGoddess of Childbearingâ
Lykaina âShe-wolfâ
Lyko âShe-wolfâ, âWolf-formedâ
Maera âShiningâ
Mageus âOne who Kneadsâ [Possibly related to Magi]
Makairapos âBlessed-oneâ
Medeousa / Medusa âProtectorâ, âGuardâ, âGorgonâ
Meisopomenos âLaborer of the Moonâ
Meisoponeros âVice-Hatingâ
Megiste âGreatestâ
Melaine âBlackâ
MelaneimĂŽn âBlack-cladâ, âWearing Blackâ
Melinoe âSoothing Oneâ
Mene âMoonâ
Moira âA Shareâ, âFateâ
MonogenesïżœïżœâOnly Childâ
Monoprosopos âWith One Faceâ
Mormo âShe-Monsterâ
Munychia [Of Unknown Meaning]
Nekuia / Nekyia âGoddess of deathâ, âMistress of corpsesâ
Nerteria âInfernalâ, âSubterraneanâ, âNether Oneâ
Nerterios âInfernalâ, âSubterraneanâ, Nether Oneâ
Nerteron Prytanin âMistress of the Deadâ
Noctiluca âLight of the Nightâ, âNight Shinerâ
Noeros âIntellectiveâ
Nomaios âPastoralâ
Nychia / Nykhia âNocturnalâ âNocturnal-Oneâ âGoddess of Nightâ
Nyktairodyteira âNight Riser and Setterâ, âShe that Rises and Sets by Nightâ
Nykteria âOf the Nightâ
Nykti âOf the Nightâ
Nyktiboos âNight-Shouterâ, âNight-Crierâ
Nyktipolos âNight-Wanderingâ
Nyktophaneia âNight-shiningâ
Nymphen âBrideâ
Nyssa âGoaderâ, âGoalâ, âBeginningâ, âTurning Postâ, âAmbitionâ
Oistrophaneia âManifester of Madnessâ
Oistroplaneia âSpreader of Madnessâ, âCausing the Wanderings of Madnessâ
OksyboĂȘÂ âShrill-screamerâ, âShriekerâ
Oletis âDestroyerâ
Opaon âFollowerâ
OpheĂŽplokamos âCoiled with Snakesâ, âWith Snaky Curlsâ
Oriplanos âMountain-roamerâ, âMountain-Wanderingâ
Oroboros âTail-Eatingâ
Ourania âCelestialâ, âHeavenlyâ
Ouresiphoites âWanderer in the Mountainsâ
Oxythymia âGallowsâ, âQuick to Angerâ
PaggennĂȘteira âMother of Allâ
PaiĂŽnios âHealerâ
PammĂȘtĂŽr âMother of Allâ
Pandamateira âAll-tamerâ, âAll-powerfulâ, âAll Subduerâ, âMaster of allâ
Pandina [Of Unknown Meaning â Possibly related to âwhirlingâ or ârotatingâ]
PandĂŽteira âAll-giverâ, âOne who gives everythingâ, âBestower of Everythingâ, Bounteousâ
Pangaios âWorld-wideâ
Panopaia âAll-seeingâ, âOne who sees everythingâ, âPanoramaâ
Panta Ephepousa [Of Unknown Meaning]
Pantos Kosmou Kleidokhos âKeeper of the Keys of the Cosmosâ
PantrephĂŽ / Pantrophos âAll-nurturingâ, âAll-sustainingâ, âwho feeds allâ
Parthenos âVirginâ
Pasikrateia âUniversal Queenâ, âAll-powerfulâ, âwho dominates allâ
Pasimedeonsa âAll-guardingâ, âAll-protectingâ
Pasimedousa âRuling Over Allâ
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"Across Britain, in fact, fairies have been seen dancing on hills and disappearing into hills. It is wholly unsurprising, therefore, to discover that many of the healers who were accused of witchcraft in Scotland in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries made their contact with the faes in hilly places." -- britishfairies.wordpress.com
the underground has long been connected to the liminal. the fair folk infamously reside in mounds near sacred sites. before they were called the fair folk they were the tuatha dé danann and the passages to their world were through burial mounds. coincidentally, did you know some of the oldest evidence of human culture is found in remains cast to the bottoms of caves?
another reblog brought up hekate and there is precedence for her connection to the underground with her role as guide through hades. some relevant epithets include aidĂŽnaia (of the underworld), buthios (abysmal), and chrysosandalaimopotichthonia (of the lower world wearing golden sandals and drinking blood đ). she is also, more generally, Of The Crossroads, and I would safely categorize a cave as one of those.
presumably this cave is pretty stable and well trafficked if you were on a tour, but gas leaks, claustrophobia, and other mundane explanations can't be ruled out. maybe there's a sacred site nearby, or maybe one of your cavemates was wafting their anxiety đ
with this in mind, best to just make sure nothing follows you home. take a different route home than you did to the cave or turn your jacket inside out-- if it makes you feel better.
Pagan Perspectives on Caves?
Heyyy, I just went into a cave as part of a tour, and it was spiritually and emotionally super difficult? Nothing materially bad happened but it was very overwhelming and spiritually noisy, if that makes sense. Even the atheist I was with was having a really rough time. A couple of hours later, and I'm still pretty shaken. Does anyone have any perspectives on caves or any advice on how to shake this feeling? Lmk your tradition or where you learned what you share too, thanks! -American Pagan
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Prayer to Hekate / PriĂšre Ă Hekate
Written in french, and translated in english. Because I needed something I wrote myself to dedicate to her. (French version under the cut, which will probably be better because translating a prayer is hard).
O Goddess Hekate,
Buthios, Ourania, Chtonia,
Who reigns over the seas, skies and earth,
Goddess of crossroads, mother of magic,
I sing the greatness of your reign,
And dedicate this prayer to you.
O Goddess Hekate,
Dadouchos, Phosphoros, Nykto Phaneia,
Holder of torches and guardian of the keys,
Your light is a saving beacon,
May it reveal my destined path,
May it guide me toward your side.
O Goddess Hekate,
Aionos, Despoina, Soteira,
I bow before your power, your benevolence,
Before the infinite expanse of your power.
Goddess Hekate, I am your servant,
And with this prayer, I show it to you.
Ă DĂ©esse Hekate,
Buthios, Ourania, Chtonia,
RĂ©gnant sur les mers, les cieux et la terre,
DĂ©esse des carrefours, mĂšre de la magie,
Je chante la grandeur de Votre rĂšgne,
Et Vous dédie cette priÚre.
Ă DĂ©esse Hekate,
Dadouchos, Phosphoros, Nykto Phaneia,
Porteuse des torches et gardienne des clés,
Votre lumiĂšre est un phare salvateur,
Qu'elle me montre la voie qui m'est destinée,
Quâelle me guide jusqu'Ă vous Ă travers les tĂ©nĂšbres.
Ă DĂ©esse Hekate,
Aionos, Despoina, Soteira,
Je mâincline devant votre puissance, votre bienveillance,
Devant lâĂ©tendue infinie de vos pouvoirs.
DĂ©esse Hekate, je suis votre servante,
Et par cette priÚre, je vous en témoigne.
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Hekate / Hecate
(from my old amino before I got banned đ, pretty much copy n pasted for reference)
Dogs/puppies [from https://hekatecovenant.com/resources/symbols-of-hekate/dogs/] -The dog was connected to spirits, the home (as a guard), a friend of the family, also symbolising an easy birth and fertility. Represents the earth element. Also known as the 'black bitch'. Originated in ancient hymns, writings, ancient Greek pottery, stone carvings and statues. Its first symbolism came from the Trojan Queen Hekabe who leapt into the sea after the fall of Troy. Hecate took pity on her and turned her into a black dog which became her familiar. In some Greek towns, black female dogs were sacrificed in Hecate's honour, usually at night. Cerberus, the three-headed hound who guards the entrance of the Underworld is additionally connected to Hecate. In American + European folklore, dogs have always been seen as supernatural in the nature of what humans can't see. Black dogs are thought to roam the locations Hecate holds sacred; desolate roads, moors, cemeteries and the crossroads. Dogs attend her as she roams these desolate spaces.Â
Dragons [credit to https://hekatecovenant.com/resources/symbols-of-hekate/dragon/]- There are loads of epithets of Hecate. One of her epithets comes from the name 'propylaya' meaning 'she who stands before the gate'. Her hound is believed to be the three-headed dog Cerberus who guards the gateway into the Underworld and some myths believed that dogs replaced dragons. There is imagery associated with Medea with riding her flying chariot escaping from Korinthos after the murder of the king Kreon. Her dragons were a pair of winged, serpentine dragons.Â
Black lamb - A preferred sacrificial offering to Hecate. In modern times, it would be more suitable to have a representative of a black lamb such as a statue or photograph , or somehow getting a living black female sheep into your house without wrecking havoc in front of your altar (I don't recommend having a living animal on your altar!).Â
Fire breathing Horse or Bull - Represents the fire element. It was symbolic of Hades fiery soul. Hecate is often seen in images crowned with bull-like crescent horns. Black bulls became heavily associated with Hecate as sacrificial animals in necromancy rituals. It is a constant reminder of her powers as creator and destroyer symbolised by the phases (waxing and waning) of the moon and seen in the crescent horns of a bull.
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Hydra headed snake or serpent [https://archetypicalwitchcraft.wordpress.com/2014/01/24/understanding-hekate-part-5-the-meaning-of-her-ancient-symbols/]- A solar and underworld symbol. Represents the water element. It was an ambivalent symbol just like the dog, it was connected to the sun, healing and regeneration. Yet there was also a link to the spiritual side, the underworld too. There was old folklore which believed spirits would appear as a snake to bless the house. Snakes, like domestic animals was said to be able to see and feel the presence of spirits, so they were used in necromancy and magic to figure out if there was spirits around.Â
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Other associations are: frogs or toads; black bulls (draped in wreaths of yew and was then slaughtered in her honour);belladonna (poisonous herb!), cypress; dittany; mandrake; honey (anything sweet), dark chocolate (modern interpretation!); red wine (of course only if your in the age to use it, though your not going to be drinking it!);Â torches;Â infernal spirits; dagger; ebony; knives or daggers (obviously be safe and don't do any silly things with it!); twin torches; magickal brewing (so potions); silver; grey; bats; rope; black; mental health; hearth and home; dreams; divination; cauldrons; fate. MORE HERBS:Â hazel, black poplar, cedar, willow, garlic, thyme, almonds, myrrh, mugwort, mint, dandelion, cardamom, hellbore, belladonna, hemlock, mandrake, hecateis (aconite, wolfsbane [poisonous]) opium poppy, verbena, sage, purple honeysuckle, camomile. Any hallucination herbs (be careful obviously and know your stuff and even then check it with someone who also knows their stuff). Owls, bears, ravens, cats (possibly) and donkeys.Â
She is associated with yew, garlic, all poisonous herbs (use representations, so little tiny mushroom statues), oak, white, red, purple, ferrets (polecats), healing, healing herbs (more of the stronger ones and notorious ones), keys (Knowledge, unlocking wisdom, seeing the truth), mandrake, lamps, saffron, sandals in bronze or gold, whips, iron, the wolf, mullet (the blood-coloured goatfish), the new moon, twilight (best time to do rituals with her).
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Also MORE epithets ("An epithet is an honorary and praiseful descriptive title used as part of a name."), all taken and sourced from http://www.patheos.com/blogs/matauryn/2017/07/19/many-epithets-hekate/.Â
Adamantaea âUnconquerableâ, âUntamable Goddessâ
AdmĂȘtos âIndomableâ, âUnconqueredâ
Aenaos âEternalâ
Agallomenen Elaphoisi âRejoicing in Deerâ
Agia âSacredâ, âHolyâ
Aglaos âRadiantâ
Agriope âWild-eyedâ, âFierce-facedâ, âSavage-watcherâ, âwild-voicedâ
Agrotera âHuntressâ
AidĂŽnaia âGoddess of Hadesâ, âOf the Underworldâ
Aimopotis âBlood-drinkerâ, âMurdererâ
AiĂŽnos âEternalâ
AizĂȘiÎżs âVigorousâ
Aktinochiatis âRadiant hairedâ, âWith Rays for Hairâ
Aktiophis [Of Unknown Meaning]
Alexeatis âAverter of Evilâ
Alkimos âPowerfulâ, âStrongâ, âStoutâ, âBraveâ
Amaimaketos âUnconquerableâ, âRagingâ, âInvincibleâ, âUnapproachableâ, âUncontrollableâ
Ambrotos âImmortalâ
Ameibousa âOne That Transformsâ
Amphiphaes âCircumlucentâ
Amphiprosopos âDouble-facedâ
Amphistomos âDouble-mouthedâ
Anassa âQueenâ
Anassa Eneroi âQueen of the Deadâ
Androphonos âKiller of Menâ
Angelos âMessengerâ
Antaian Theou âShe Who Meetsâ
Antania âEnemy of Mankindâ
AĂŽroboros âDevourer of the Prematurely Deadâ, âDevourer of the Untimely Deadâ
Apanchomene âThe Hanged Oneâ
Apotropaios âAvertingâ, âAverterâ
Aphrattos âUnnamed Oneâ
ArĂȘgos âHelperâ
Archikos âRoyalâ
Ariste âThe Bestâ
Ariste Cthonia âBest of the Worldâ, âBest in the Worldâ
Arkuia / Arkyia âSpinner of websâ, âEntrapperâ
Arrhetos âIneffableâ
Astrodia âStar-walkerâ, âStar-Courserâ
Atala âTenderâ, âDelicateâ
Atasthalos âPretentiousâ, âRecklessâ, âPresumptiousâ
Athanatos âImmortalâ, âOf Immortal Fameâ
AutophyĂȘs / Autopheus âSelf-generatingâ. âSelf-begottenâ
Azonos âWithout Bordersâ
Azostos âUngirtâ, âWithout a Beltâ
Baridouchos âBarque-holderâ, âSkiff-holderâ
Basileia âQueenâ, âPrincessâ
Bolos âFar-Throwerâ,
BoĂŽpis âCow-eyedâ
Booporos âOx-Herderâ
Borborophorba âEater of Filthâ
Boukolos âOx-Herderâ
BrimĂŽÂ âAngry-Oneâ, âTerrifyingâ
Buthios âAbysmalâ, âOf the Depthsâ
Charopos âFerocious-aspectedâ, âFierceâ, âGrimâ, âFlashingâ, âBright, âHaving blue-grey eyesâ, âof the Seaâ
Chthonia âChthonicâ, âOf the Earthâ
ChrysĂŽpis âGolden-facedâ
Chrysosandalos âof Golden Sandalsâ
Chrysosandalaimopotichthonia âGoddess of the Lower World Wearing Golden Sandals and Drinking Bloodâ
Chrysostephanos âGolden-Crownedâ, âCrowned with Splendorâ
ChrysostephĂȘs âGolden-crownedâ
Dadophoros âTorchbearerâ
Dadouchos âTorch-bearerâ
Daeira âThe Knowing Oneâ
Daidalos âCunningâ
Damasandra âDominator of Menâ, âSubduer of Menâ
Damnamene âMeans of Constraintâ
Damnodamia âSubduer of Subduersâ
Damnomeneia âDominating Forceâ
DasplĂȘtis âHorrorâ, âFrightful-oneâ
Deichteira âTeacherâ, âRevealerâ
Deinos âTerribleâ
Despoina âLadyâ, âMistressâ
Dione âGoddessâ
Doloessa / Doloeis âAstute-oneâ, âSubtleâ, âWilyâ, âCunningâ
Drakaina âSerpentâ, âDragonâ
EidĂŽlios âPhantasmalâ, âGhostlyâ
Eileithyia âNurse of Childbirthâ, âGoddess of Midwivesâ
Einalian âOf the Seaâ
Einodia Thygater Demetros âDaughter of Demeter, who is of the Roadâ
Ekklesia âOf the Assemblyâ
Ekdotis âBestowerâ
ElaphĂȘbolos âDeer-huntressâ, âShooter of Deerâ
Elateira âDriverâ, âCharioteerâ
Ellophonos âFawn-slayerâ
Epaine âAwe-Inspiringâ, âGloriousâ, âSublimeâ
Empousa / Empusa [Of unknown meaning, related to the monster Empusa and the idea of phantoms and specters]
Empylios âAt the Gateâ
Empyrios âEmpyreanâ
Enodia âOf the crossroadsâ, âOf the Roadsâ, âOf the Pathâ
Ephodia âTraveling Expensesâ, âProvisions for the Roadâ, âTraveling Suppliesâ, âResourcesâ
Ephoros âGuardianâ âOverseerâ
Epigeioi âof the Earthâ
Epiphanestate Thea âthe Most Manifest Goddessâ
Epipurgidia âon the Towerâ
Episkopos âGuardianâ, âOne who Watches Overâ, âOverseerâ
Epiteichea âThe Strongholdâ, âFortâ
Epi-tymbidia âSepulchralâ
Eranne âLovelyâ
Erannos âLovelyâ
Ergatis âEnergizerâ
Ărigeneia âDaughter of morningâ, âEarly-bornâ
ErĂŽtotokeia / Erototokos âBearer of loveâ, âProducing Loveâ, âWho Bore Loveâ
Eukoline âGood Temperedâ
Eupatepeia âNoble-bornâ
Eurippa âHorse-finderâ
Geneteira âMotherâ
Genetyllis âBirth-Helperâ, âGoddess of Childbirthâ, âMidwifeâ
Gigaessa âGiantâ
Gorgo âThe Grimâ, âThe Gorgonâ
Hecatoncheires âHundred-handedâ
Hegemonen âGuideâ
HĂȘgemoye âQueenâ
Helike âRevolvingâ
Hersechthonia âSpeaking From Belowâ
Hexacheira âOf Six Waysâ, âOf Six Handsâ
Hiera âHoly Oneâ
Hieros Pyr âHoly Fireâ
Hipparete âHorse-Speakerâ
Hippokyon âMare Bitchâ, âHorse Dogâ
Hippoprosopos âHorse-Facedâ
Hypolampteira [Of Unknown Meaning â possibly related to light or brightness]
Iocheaira / Iokheaira âArrow-shooterâ, âOne who Shoots Arrowsâ
Indalimos âBeautifulâ
IppokyĂŽn âMare-Dogâ, half dog/ half horse
IppoprosĂŽpos âHorse-facedâ
Kalkaea âWearer of High Bootsâ
Kalligeneia âBearing Beautiful Offspringâ
Kalliste âFairestâ
Kapetoktypos âTomb-disturberâ, âCausing the Noise of Lamentationâ
Kardiodaitos âHeart-Eaterâ, âFeasting on Menâs Heartsâ
Kareia âof Kariaâ, âKrausâ
Karko âLamiaâ, âChild-Eatingâ, âNocturnal Spiritâ
Katachthonia âSubterraneanâ
Katakampsypsaychenos âBender of proud necksâ
Kelkaia [Of Unknown Meaning]
KeratĂŽpis âHorned-facedâ, âHorned Lookingâ
Keroeis âHornedâ
Kthonia âOf the Underworldâ, âOf the Earthâ
Kleidouchos / Kleidoukhos âKey-holderâ, âKey-keeperâ
KlĂŽthaiĂȘÂ âSpinner of fateâ
Kore âMaidenâ
Kourotrophos âChildâs Nurseâ, âNurse of Youthsâ
Krataios / Kratais âPowerfulâ, âDominatorâ, âOf the Rocksâ
Krokopeplos âSaffron-Cloakedâ
Kunolygmatos âDoglike Howlerâ, âWho howls doglikeâ
Kydimos âGloriousâ
Kynegetis âLeader of Dogsâ
Kynokephalos âDog-Headedâ
Kynolygmate âHowling Like a Dogâ, âWho Howls Dog-likeâ
KyĂŽn âBitchâ, âDogâ
KyĂŽn Melaina âBlack Bitchâ, âBlack Dogâ
Kyria âThe Powerfulâ, âThe Supremeâ
Laginitis âOf Laginaâ
Lampadephoros âLamp-bearerâ, âTorch-bearerâ, âWho Warns of Nighttime Attackâ
Lampadios âLamp-bearerâ, âTorch-bearerâ
Leaina âThe Lionessâ
Leontoukhos âHolding a Lionâ
Leukophryne âWhite-Browedâ, âOf the White-Browed Hillâ
Limenitis âHarbor Goddessâ
Limenitikos âOf the Harborâ, âHarbor Goddessâ
Limenoskopos âOf the Thresholdâ, âWatcher of Havensâ, âOn the Harborâ, âWatching the Harborâ
Liparokredemnos âOf the Bright Headbandâ, âBright-Coiffedâ
Liparoplokamos âBrilliant-Braidedâ
Lochias âProtector of birthâ, âGoddess of Childbearingâ
Lykaina âShe-wolfâ
Lyko âShe-wolfâ, âWolf-formedâ
Maera âShiningâ
Mageus âOne who Kneadsâ [Possibly related to Magi]
Makairapos âBlessed-oneâ
Medeousa / Medusa âProtectorâ, âGuardâ, âGorgonâ
Meisopomenos âLaborer of the Moonâ
Meisoponeros âVice-Hatingâ
Megiste âGreatestâ
Melaine âBlackâ
MelaneimĂŽn âBlack-cladâ, âWearing Blackâ
Melinoe âSoothing Oneâ
Mene âMoonâ
Moira âA Shareâ, âFateâ
Monogenes âOnly Childâ
Monoprosopos âWith One Faceâ
Mormo âShe-Monsterâ
Munychia [Of Unknown Meaning]
Nekuia / Nekyia âGoddess of deathâ, âMistress of corpsesâ
Nerteria âInfernalâ, âSubterraneanâ, âNether Oneâ
Nerterios âInfernalâ, âSubterraneanâ, Nether Oneâ
Nerteron Prytanin âMistress of the Deadâ
Noctiluca âLight of the Nightâ, âNight Shinerâ
Noeros âIntellectiveâ
Nomaios âPastoralâ
Nychia / Nykhia âNocturnalâ âNocturnal-Oneâ âGoddess of Nightâ
Nyktairodyteira âNight Riser and Setterâ, âShe that Rises and Sets by Nightâ
Nykteria âOf the Nightâ
Nykti âOf the Nightâ
Nyktiboos âNight-Shouterâ, âNight-Crierâ
Nyktipolos âNight-Wanderingâ
Nyktophaneia âNight-shiningâ
Nymphen âBrideâ
Nyssa âGoaderâ, âGoalâ, âBeginningâ, âTurning Postâ, âAmbitionâ
Oistrophaneia âManifester of Madnessâ
Oistroplaneia âSpreader of Madnessâ, âCausing the Wanderings of Madnessâ
OksyboĂȘÂ âShrill-screamerâ, âShriekerâ
Oletis âDestroyerâ
Opaon âFollowerâ
OpheĂŽplokamos âCoiled with Snakesâ, âWith Snaky Curlsâ
Oriplanos âMountain-roamerâ, âMountain-Wanderingâ
Oroboros âTail-Eatingâ
Ourania âCelestialâ, âHeavenlyâ
Ouresiphoites âWanderer in the Mountainsâ
Oxythymia âGallowsâ, âQuick to Angerâ
PaggennĂȘteira âMother of Allâ
PaiĂŽnios âHealerâ
PammĂȘtĂŽr âMother of Allâ
Pandamateira âAll-tamerâ, âAll-powerfulâ, âAll Subduerâ, âMaster of allâ
Pandina [Of Unknown Meaning â Possibly related to âwhirlingâ or ârotatingâ]
PandĂŽteira âAll-giverâ, âOne who gives everythingâ, âBestower of Everythingâ, Bounteousâ
Pangaios âWorld-wideâ
Panopaia âAll-seeingâ, âOne who sees everythingâ, âPanoramaâ
Panta Ephepousa [Of Unknown Meaning]
Pantos Kosmou Kleidokhos âKeeper of the Keys of the Cosmosâ
PantrephĂŽ / Pantrophos âAll-nurturingâ, âAll-sustainingâ, âwho feeds allâ
Parthenos âVirginâ
Pasikrateia âUniversal Queenâ, âAll-powerfulâ, âwho dominates allâ
Pasimedeonsa âAll-guardingâ, âAll-protectingâ
Pasimedousa âRuling Over Allâ
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