#kleidoukhos

[graffitiphilosopher]

Prayer to Aphrodite Kleidoukhos (she who holds the keys)

Hear my call oh keeper of secrets,

Oh my Aphrodite Fair.

I harken to your knowledge oh Keeper of Keys,

May you guide me through the best doors.

My I always hear your keys jangle,

As they open me to my best path.

Oh Aphrodite Kleidoukhos,

Please open the way.

I wish for a life filled with love and laughter,

Please open the way Aphrodite Kleidoukhos.

I long for a life filled with wealth and opportunities,

Always flowing into my life ever more like your oceans waves. 

I linger for your blessings of love and hope,

Oh Aphrodite Kleidoukhos please unlock these doors.

Please lead my way to greatness,

A life filled with peace and prosperity.

Oh Aphrodite Kleidoukhos,

Oh Aphrodite Fair.

I pray to you my goddess,

The queen of pathways clear.

[templeofvenusministry]

My heart aches for a lover with the level of care and understanding you give me.

Oh holy one,

My blessed mother.

I ache for great riches and travel,

I wish for a lover who loves me as you do.

Oh Aphrodite Makhanitis,

Wouldst thou plan and scheme.

Bring to me a lover,

Who bows to my every need.

Oh Aphrodite Nymphia,

I crave to be wed.

I crave a luxurious wedding,

So rich all my friends could attend.

Hear me Aphrodite Symmakhia,

I crave your allyship in this matter.

I dream of a lover,

Who grants my every wish.

Bring to me one so wealthy and connected,

That we never suffer again.

Bring to me a lover,

Who is the biggest SIMP.

Aphrodite Migôntis,

Bless with with a wealthy, love-filled union.

Bring to me a lover,

Who will love all of me.

Even my darkest pieces,

My hidden dark depths.

Oh Aphrodite Dôritis,

May you bless me and my future union with great wealth.

Hear my call oh Aphrodite Kleidoukhos,

Open the doorways and paths to this lover.

Help them find me,

Oh one of purest love and wealth.

Bless me oh Aphrodite Pándimos,

So my future is filled with greatness.

[daughter-of-aphro]

🌹Epithets of Aphrodite

Οὐρανία - Ourania - The Heavenly, Divine

Πάνδημος - Pandêmos - Common to All

Ἀποτροφία - Apotrophia - The Expeller (Of Shameful and Sinful Desire)

Ἀναδυομένη - Anaduomenê - The Goddess Who Arose From the Sea

Ἀμβολογήρα - Ambologêra - The Ons Who Delays Old Age

Ἀρεία - Areia - The Warlike

Ἀνθεία - Antheia - The blooming, Friend of flowers

Συμμαχία - Symmakhia - Ally (in Love)

Κουροτρόφος - Kourotróphos - Nurturer of Children

Πειθώ - Peithó - Of Persuasion/ Seduction

Φιλομμειδὴς - Philommeidís - Laughter-loving

Κύπρις - Kýpris - Of the Island Cypris

Κλείδουχος - Kleidoukhos - She Who Holds The Keys

[nehetisingsforhekate]

Love this! 

[bearerofthetorch]

Hecate: alternative names and titles

I often chant these during invocation and devotion rituals

- Despoina (Mistress) - Enodia (of the paths) - Kthonia (of the Underworld) - Kleidophorus (Key-bearer) - Kleidoukhos (Keeper of the keys) - Nyktopolos (night-wandering) - Phosphorous (lightbringer) - Propylaia (one before the gate) - Trioditis (of three roads) - Trimorphos (three-formed) - Trodia (who frequents three-way crossroads) - Purphorous (fire-bearer) - Aldouchos (torch-bearer) - Koilomata (womb of cosmic worlds)

[siavahdainthemoon]

From the next chapter of CoK

“Magnus will die if he works any more magic right now!”

“I don’t care!” the Kleidoukhos shouted. “Simeon is the only one that matters, not some warlock—”

The air whistled as the kalassa’s blade whipped through it, the shining-sharp point abruptly at the Kleidoukhos’ throat.

“Not to us,” Sariel snarled.

Hi folx! I am, in fact, alive and reasonably well - even writing! Have a little excerpt of what I’m working on today. (No promises it makes it into the final version, this is just a first draft...)

[honsudoen]

Hécate es una diosa compleja y muy simple a la vez. Ella tiene muchas habilidades, pero también es la fuente de energía pura. Ella es antigua y contemporánea. Se la conoce por una multitud de nombres, que van desde el Alma del Mundo hasta la Diosa de las Brujas (Hécate tiene más de 300 epítetos). También es la Guardiana de las Llaves del Universo. Simbólicamente, sus manos sostienen todo lo que hay. A través de nuestros esfuerzos, podemos alcanzar una de sus muchas llaves.

Su energía es intimidante, pero accesible. Conocer a Hécate es a menudo una experiencia muy íntima, rara vez fugaz, y frecuentemente intensa. La gente tiene creencias diversas sobre Hécate. Y ella se transforma con los tiempos, por eso es llamada Hécate, la Reina de los Mil Nombres. Sin embargo, la mayor parte de nuestro conocimiento sobre Hécate proviene de fuentes antiguas.

Los orígenes de Hécate se encuentran en las brumas de un pasado lejano. El comienzo más probable de Hécate fue en Asia Menor y partes de Europa del Este. Desde estas regiones, su culto se extendió a la Antigua Grecia, donde era vista como una Titán. A diferencia del resto del panteón Titanico, ella no fue asesinada por los adeptos olímpicos. En cambio, Zeus le dio dominio sobre la tierra, el mar y el cielo, de acuerdo con la Teogonía de Hesíodo (aproximadamente en el siglo VIII a. C.).

Los antiguos griegos daban culto a Hécate de varias maneras, en particular, se la veía como una matrona que cuidaba las casas. Es a partir de este papel que creció la práctica contemporánea común de hacerle ofrendas durante la luna obscura y de ahí que es conocida como Hécate, la diosa del lado oscuro de la luna. En la antigua Grecia, se le otorgaba una cena a Hécate, generalmente en una encrucijada de tres vías, pidiendo un favor para el próximo mes. Su asociación con el número tres se extendió e hizo que fuera vista como una diosa triple, pero esta denominación es errónea.

Hécate es una diosa trina debido a que es una sola diosa con tres facetas, NO tres diosas diferentes. Durante este tiempo, también nació su imagen de diosa del inframundo. En el himno homérico a Demeter, Hécate responde a los gritos de Perséfone cuando nadie más lo hace. Ella se convierte en la guía de Perséfone entre el inframundo y la guía de los humanos, utilizando sus antorchas para iluminar el camino a lo largo del viaje. Hécate como portadora de antorchas o lámparas se convirtió en uno de los temas dominantes de sus representaciones durante los tiempos antiguos.

El culto de Hécate creció, eso lo sabemos con certeza, llegando a un lugar donde la práctica habitual de venerarla en la Luna Obscura era muy común en ciertas áreas de la antigua Grecia. Antiguos escritores y filósofos escribieron elocuentemente sobre sus muchos poderes. Su papel como Madre Bruja se solidificó en muchos cuentos y por los practicantes antiguos. Ella era Kleidoukhos, la Guardiana de las Llaves de todo el Universo. Hécate alcanzó su cénit alrededor del comienzo de la Era Común. Luego hizo la transición al Imperio Romano, aunque sus llaves fueron compartidas con otras diosas, y sus poderes se redujeron. Se convirtió en una diosa que tenía las llaves de la brujería y la nigromancia. Este fue el comienzo de su tiempo menguante. A medida que crecía el cristianismo, la reverencia hacia ella y sus compañeros fue apagada, a menudo con gran violencia. Sus brujas se escondieron y con ellas sus llaves. Llegó la oscuridad completa: el obscurantismo.

@ witchmar

[hekateanwitchcraft]

Hekate’s Open Pathway Spell

This spell is similar to a road opening spell, but uses different herbs than usual and is geared towards Hekate devotees. It calls upon Hekate as Goddess of the Crossroads, the Torch Bearer, and the Keeper of Keys. It is designed for Her to cleanse your pathways, show you the road to take to success, unlock opportunities, and guide you through life. This spell uses herbs and items sacred to Her in order to call upon Her aid.

Decorate your sacred space with keys and other symbols of Hekate. Dress three orange candles with a Hekate oil and arrange them in an inverted triangle. Dress the candles with a mixture of sage, lavender, mayapple/American mandrake, cinnamon, frankincense, dandelion root, and dragon’s blood. These herbs are chosen to bring cleansing, success, and guidance to the witch and are also sacred to Hekate. I also highly recommend adding dirt from a crossroads to the mixture if you can get it, as it is not only traditional in these kinds of workings, but also sacred to Hekate. Sprinkle the mixture of herbs in a line from each candle to the point where the three lines intersect in between the candles. Place a key at this central intersection.

Make an offering to Hekate, this usually can consist of making a libation and an offering of incense. Either one on its own will do, so can candles, food, art, and gifts. Whatever you can afford is perfect. Then pray to Hekate and ask Her to aid you in your working.

Light the first candle and say:

“Hekate Enodia, Goddess of the Crossroads, I beseech thee. Open my roads and cleanse them of blockages, strife, and misfortune. She who guards the many ways, set me on the right path.”

Light the second candle and say

“Hekate Dadophoros, Torch-Bearer, shine your ever-burning lights upon the path to prosperity. Lead me away from evil and misguided roads. She whose flames burn eternal, illuminate the road to victory.”

Light the final candle and say:

“Hekate Kleidoukhos, Keeper of the Keys, open up the doors to opportunity and victory. Grant me luck and good fortune and grant me the key to success. She who is found in every threshold, may no door be closed to me.”

Continue, saying:

“Hekate, Three-Formed Goddess of Witchcraft, hear my prayers. As I light these three flames, whose orange color is bright like the fire of your torches, lend your aid to me. Cleanse my pathways, show me the way, and unlock every opportunity. Goddess Hekate, Bright One, I beg of you, work my spell with all your divine magics.”

Let each candle burn all the way down and carry the key from the spell as a charm. Dispose of any wax or remnants of any kind at a crossroads. When things begin to improve, I recommend making another offering to Hekate to thank Her.

Art by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

[prairiefirewitch]

Teeny batch of my Hekate Kleidoukhos ritual oil is in the shop. I use it as an offering when calling on Hekate as Keeper of Keys and find it especially good in workings where I’m called to enter trance or deep meditative states. Made with rich olive oil, juniper, elderberry and other herbs, resins and botanicals. #hekate #liminalspaces #hekatekleidoukhos #anointingoil #ritualoil #witchesofinstagram

[anassa-eneroi]

Deipnon 09/07/2021

Hécate Kleidoukhos, que caminhas na escuridão

Traz-me a chave em uma caixa, para abrir minha imensidão

Caminhas com um diadema, tal qual uma estrela

Que a Filha de Asteria, traz em sua luz serena

Hécate Pantos Kosmou Kleidoukhos, te ouço

Através dos sonhos longínquos e eternos

Que no ato mais terno, chama-me para dançar

Teus braços me guiar, frente a o teu templo milenar

Guardada em ti estive, por tantos caminhos viste

Eu tropeçar e levantar

Para um dia me chamar, sob os uivos dos cachorros

Hécate Skylakitin, Senhora dos Cães e guia das minhas manhãs

És Hécate Soteira quando me salvou

Sob os caminhos turvos do desconhecido

Mas teu chamado eternizou em mim

Hécate de rosto dourado, minha devoção é inabalável

Em minhas ausências sinto o acúmulo de tua presença

Que não me abandona jamais, perpetuarás meus caminhos

Não para me confortar, não para me acomodar

Mas sim para mudar, Anassa Eneroi que és

Planta em meus pés a morte para renascer das cinzas

E eu me tornar mais do que sou, frente as sandálias douradas em teus pés.

Samantha.

[sivillanightchief]

Hekate Three Key Chant

Hekate, Guardian.

Hekate, Guide.

Hekate, Gatekeeper.

You can do the chant in English or use the Greek:

Hekate, Lampadios.

Hekate, Enodia.

Hekate, Kleidoukhos.

[lilymoongoddess]

Come see Hekate Kleidoukhos/Keeper of Keys

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[wildwitch-artandmagick]

Blessings for the New Year, Witches, “Hail Hekate Aenaos Annasa, Eternal Queen. May I be ever grateful for the gift of time. Hail Hekate Enodia, Guardian of the Crossroads. May I be ever brave through all life's transitions. Hail Hekate Pandoteira, from Whom All Things Come. May I be ever in your favor. Hail Hekate Basileia, Fair Empress. May I be ever wise. Hail Hekate Dadophorus, Torchbearer. May I be ever a light in this world. Hail Hekate Kleidoukhos, Keeper of the Keys. May I be ever willing to accept your keys. Hail Hekate Soteira, Liberator. May I be ever compassionate. Hail Hekate Empylios, Opener of the Gate. May I be ever ready. Hail Hekate Nyssa, Mistress of Beginnings. May I be ever willing to embrace the new. Hail Hekate, Bless me as this new year begins. Protect those I love, And those who feel alone. Hail Hekate, Hear my voice, Know my gratitude.”  posted on fb by Keeping Her Keys Image: This is the original painting that I found over 10 years ago that reflected Hekate to me. She is Hekate Propylaia, at the Gate of the Temple. A Google search didn't reveal the original artist, but I did find that it is on Photobucket. Please let me know if you know the artist.

[nehetisingsforhekate]

Obscure Gods: Aiakos

If I do, then may the very Erinyes of tragedy persecute me and may Aeacus convict me at the assize in hell, and may one among Tityus’ vultures range to be my punishment, and then may I carry rocks, enduring the toil of borne by Sisyphus. - Propertius, Elegies 2.20, trans. Goold, via theoi.com

Aiakos was the most religious of all men… and Aiakos, even after death, is honored in the company of Plouton, and has charge of the keys of Haides’ realm - Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.159, trans. Aldrich, via theoi.com

Aiakos is one of the Judges of the Dead and his purview is over the fates of men from Europe, according to Plato. It is He who bears the Keys for Aides himself.  As a chthonic being, He lives in the House of Aides, and is known as Kleidouchos (Keybearer), Pyloros (Gatekeeper), and Pylartes (He who keeps the Gates of Haides). His likeness is on a tomb in Lefkadia. He is most often seen as a bearded old man, enthroned or leaning on a staff. Plato describes him as naked when judging the fates of men.  

Aiakos’ cultus is centered in Aigina, according to the literature, but there are no images of him that have survived on the island. He is the mortal son of Zeus and the Nymph Aigina. Elsewhere he is the child of Zeus and Europa. The Scholion to Pindar’s Nemean refers to his sanctuary as a Heroon, and mentions his children as being heroic themselves. The sanctuary has a low altar, as well as his grave, the location of which was kept secret. Pausanias also visited the Aiakeion, which he described as having architectural reliefs. We know of no surviving ikons of Aiakos in his sanctuary, though there are surviving accounts of statues travelling with armies in times of strife. Herodotus shares two occasions when Aiakos and his children were summoned for the purpose of victory in the war between Thebes and Athens.  

Oddly, in spite of his divine origin, he is not described as a god. And in spite of being heroic, and the father of heroes, he is not called a heros theos explicitly. And if he was a hero, traditionally, his tomb would have been celebrated, not kept secret.

As a son of Zeus, there are stories of his role as a just and pious ruler of Aigina, and father of the Aiakids, which includes Peleus and Telamon, Achilles and Ajax, and Neoptolemos. Aiakos is known for his wisdom according to Pindar. And yet he is featured in Aristophanes’ Frogs as incapable of recognizing Dionysos, and doing various comical deeds to judge the God of Liberty (disguised as Herakles) and his attendant, Xanthias.

It is told that Aigina was suffering from a drought, and Aiakos prayed to Zeus to save them, and when the King of the Gods answered the prayer, King Aiakos established a sanctuary of Zeus on the island.

He has two brothers, Minos, and Rhadamanthys, who are also Judges of the Dead, and sometimes the three preside together. Elsewhere Aiakos is not shown, and only his brothers judge the dead. As with all things in this topic, the beliefs vary depending on where and when we are searching.

Perhaps Aiakos began as a mythical King of Aigina, grand in his history, and heroic in his deeds. Upon his death, he ascended to become the Judge of the Dead, as described by Plato. Who knows which came first, the Hero or the Chthonic God?

When the time comes, I pray that the Judges are kind in their determination upon my life.

Sources:

Theoi.com

Aristophanes. The Frogs, Hackett Pub. 2015.

Polinskaya, Irene. A Local History of Greek Polytheism: Gods, People and the Land of Aigina, Brill, 2013.

Images:

Red figure volute krater with scene of the Underworld with Hades, Persephone, and Hermes in the palace and the Danaides below, 325-300 BCE, follower of the Baltimore Painter, southern Italy, now in the Hermitage. Photo by Wmpearl, 2014. Via wikicommons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red_figure_volute_krater_with_scene_of_the_Underworld,_follower_of_the_Baltimore_Painter,_Hermitage.JPG#/media/File:Red_figure_volute_krater_with_scene_of_the_Underworld,_follower_of_the_Baltimore_Painter,_Hermitage.JPG

[queenofseafoam]

30 Days of Aphrodite (1-5, 9)

I haven’t been posting these but I’ve filled out some of them so far! (I’ve skipped days 6-8 - and kind of 4 even though I included it - as I don’t have too many things to write for them at this time) So I’m gonna go ahead and post those I have answered in one big post right now! I don’t know how to add a read more thing so if it doesn’t do it automatically then I apologize!

1) Talk about how you first began your relationship with Aphrodite

I don't remember the exact date I began becoming interested in working with the Goddess, but I know it was either late in my junior year of highschool, or some time early in my senior year. If it was junior year, it was around the same time I obtained my first Tarot deck, in June of 2018. Earlier in 2018, I'd experienced my first ever breakup (in my first ever relationship) and I was immensely hurt and sure that it was my fault everything had fallen apart. In the end, I believe we simply weren't meant to be together, but during that time, I was emotional about it. Beginning my relationship with Aphrodite was a phenomenal way to start working through it. I'm almost positive that one of my earliest readings was about her, and I even made a spread dedicated to communicating with her VERY early on. That same night, I saw the planet Venus - and nothing else - in the sky outside my window - which I consider the first sign from her I received, followed a few days later by repeated pulls of the Empress card from my new deck.

2) Plan a special ritual in honor of Aphrodite and your love for her

I'm planning to bake some bread for the first time sometime this weekend, and I think there's many things I can do to honor Aphrodite during the process. Burning rose incense while I do, and putting intentions of all types of love, self-love included, and worship into the dough as I create it. My Aphrodite playlist will certainly come in handy, as well!

3) Share your own personal associations (concepts/symbols/animals/colors/etc)

I associate her with the butterflies I feel around people I love, and gifts of all kinds, both received and given. For some reason, I associate her with hands, as well? I suppose it has something to do with the association of skin and caresses and eroticism. Roses and swans and dolphins of course, but also bees, and deer, and all kinds of birds. Peaches and apples, and the color peach, too! Pinks and pale purples and mint greens and shades of blue.

4) Which of her myths is your favorite?

I'll admit I've been waiting to read most myths until I've finished with reading some of the non-fiction books I've got set aside about ancient Greece and ancient Greek religion, and the only myth I'm 100% positive I've read about her is the one about her, Ares, and Hephaestus. Though I suppose the story of her birth counts and if so it would likely be that! It was an important aspect of a paper I wrote regarding my favorite visual interpretation of the Birth of Venus, William-Adolphe Bougeureau’s!

5) List your favorite epithets and why

Aphrodite Pandemos comes to mind first, because it just feels like the most "easily accessible" Aphrodite, if you know what I mean? Pandemos is for everyone, about everyone, of everyone. Others I'm fond of are Kleidoukhos (she who holds the keys), Kharidohtis (giver of joy), and Viodohtis, because they really encapsulate just who/what Aphrodite is to me, and I'm sure to many others as well. Tumborukhos (gravedigger) is another, as it shows a side of Aphrodite that is not so commonly portrayed. I also really personally love Kallipugos (of the beautiful buttocks), just because lol

9) Songs that remind you of Aphrodite or share your playlist

Oh, the answer to this question is gonna be a bit long lol...I’ll list a bunch from my playlist. Venus by Lady Gaga is one of my favorites! The song is so good and it's just extremely relevant to Aphrodite lol and by extension, G.U.Y. from the same album! Also a bunch more Gaga. From my playlist I also have When the Day Met the Night, Girls/Girls/Boys (and tons of others) by Panic! At the Disco. Endlessly, Resistance, Glorious, and I Belong to You by Muse Guillotine by Jon Bellion I've Just Seen a Face and Oh! Darling by the Beatles Strawberry Shortcake and Recess by Melanie Martinez Legend and Smithereens by Twenty One Pilots Andromeda and She’s My Collar by Gorillaz Buddy Holly by Weezer (lmao), Africa by Toto (except I have a cover in there) A bunch of Lana Del Rey, some Lizzo, Bubblegum Bitch by Marina and the Diamonds, a cover of Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd, and a bunch more stuff!

A lot of these artists/bands have more songs in the playlist as well, but we'd be here all day... the list goes on and on... so I'll leave it at these. 

Hopefully I’ll successfully post the rest of the prompts in their own posts as the days go on instead of in a massive text wall like this one but we’ll see how it goes lol! 

Also apologies if there’s any incomplete sentences or typos, I have a tendency to walk away mid sentence and I’m also a shit proofreader lol

[moved202347]

Hekate / Hecate

(from my old amino before I got banned 😂, 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. 

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. 

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!). 

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. 

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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!);  torches;  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:  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. 

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/. 

Adamantaea ‘Unconquerable’, ‘Untamable Goddess’

Admêtos ‘Indomable’, ‘Unconquered’

Aenaos ‘Eternal’

Agallomenen Elaphoisi ‘Rejoicing in Deer’

Agia ‘Sacred’, ‘Holy’

Aglaos ‘Radiant’

Agriope ‘Wild-eyed’, ‘Fierce-faced’, ‘Savage-watcher’, ‘wild-voiced’

Agrotera ‘Huntress’

Aidônaia ‘Goddess of Hades’, ‘Of the Underworld”

Aimopotis ‘Blood-drinker’, ‘Murderer’

Aiônos ‘Eternal’

Aizêiοs ‘Vigorous’

Aktinochiatis ‘Radiant haired’, ‘With Rays for Hair’

Aktiophis [Of Unknown Meaning]

Alexeatis ‘Averter of Evil’

Alkimos ‘Powerful’, ‘Strong’, ‘Stout’, ‘Brave’

Amaimaketos ‘Unconquerable’, ‘Raging’, ‘Invincible’, ‘Unapproachable’, ‘Uncontrollable’

Ambrotos ‘Immortal’

Ameibousa ‘One That Transforms’

Amphiphaes ‘Circumlucent’

Amphiprosopos ‘Double-faced’

Amphistomos ‘Double-mouthed’

Anassa ‘Queen’

Anassa Eneroi ‘Queen of the Dead’

Androphonos ‘Killer of Men’

Angelos ‘Messenger’

Antaian Theou ‘She Who Meets’

Antania ‘Enemy of Mankind’

Aôroboros ‘Devourer of the Prematurely Dead’, ‘Devourer of the Untimely Dead’

Apanchomene ‘The Hanged One’

Apotropaios ‘Averting’, ‘Averter’

Aphrattos ‘Unnamed One’

Arêgos ‘Helper’

Archikos ‘Royal’

Ariste ‘The Best’

Ariste Cthonia ‘Best of the World’, ‘Best in the World’

Arkuia / Arkyia ‘Spinner of webs’, ‘Entrapper’

Arrhetos ‘Ineffable’

Astrodia ‘Star-walker’, ‘Star-Courser’

Atala ‘Tender’, ‘Delicate’

Atasthalos ‘Pretentious’, ‘Reckless’, ‘Presumptious’

Athanatos ‘Immortal’, ‘Of Immortal Fame’

Autophyês / Autopheus ‘Self-generating’. ‘Self-begotten’

Azonos ‘Without Borders’

Azostos ‘Ungirt’, ‘Without a Belt’

Baridouchos ‘Barque-holder’, ‘Skiff-holder’

Basileia ‘Queen’, ‘Princess’

Bolos ‘Far-Thrower’,

Boôpis ‘Cow-eyed’

Booporos ‘Ox-Herder’

Borborophorba ‘Eater of Filth’

Boukolos ‘Ox-Herder’

Brimô ‘Angry-One’, ‘Terrifying’

Buthios ‘Abysmal’, ‘Of the Depths’

Charopos ‘Ferocious-aspected’, ‘Fierce’, ‘Grim’, ‘Flashing’, ‘Bright, ‘Having blue-grey eyes’, ‘of the Sea’

Chthonia ‘Chthonic’, ‘Of the Earth”

Chrysôpis ‘Golden-faced’

Chrysosandalos ‘of Golden Sandals’

Chrysosandalaimopotichthonia ‘Goddess of the Lower World Wearing Golden Sandals and Drinking Blood’

Chrysostephanos ‘Golden-Crowned’, ‘Crowned with Splendor’

Chrysostephês ‘Golden-crowned’

Dadophoros ‘Torchbearer’

Dadouchos ‘Torch-bearer’

Daeira ‘The Knowing One’

Daidalos ‘Cunning’

Damasandra ‘Dominator of Men’, ‘Subduer of Men’

Damnamene ‘Means of Constraint’

Damnodamia ‘Subduer of Subduers’

Damnomeneia ‘Dominating Force’

Dasplêtis ‘Horror’, ‘Frightful-one’

Deichteira ‘Teacher’, ‘Revealer’

Deinos ‘Terrible’

Despoina ‘Lady’, ‘Mistress’

Dione ‘Goddess’

Doloessa / Doloeis ‘Astute-one’, ‘Subtle’, ‘Wily’, ‘Cunning’

Drakaina ‘Serpent’, ‘Dragon’

Eidôlios ‘Phantasmal’, ‘Ghostly’

Eileithyia ‘Nurse of Childbirth’, ‘Goddess of Midwives’

Einalian ‘Of the Sea’

Einodia Thygater Demetros ‘Daughter of Demeter, who is of the Road’

Ekklesia ‘Of the Assembly’

Ekdotis ‘Bestower’

Elaphêbolos ‘Deer-huntress’, ‘Shooter of Deer’

Elateira ‘Driver’, ‘Charioteer’

Ellophonos ‘Fawn-slayer’

Epaine ‘Awe-Inspiring’, ‘Glorious’, ‘Sublime’

Empousa / Empusa [Of unknown meaning, related to the monster Empusa and the idea of phantoms and specters]

Empylios ‘At the Gate’

Empyrios ‘Empyrean’

Enodia ‘Of the crossroads’, ‘Of the Roads’, ‘Of the Path’

Ephodia ‘Traveling Expenses’, ‘Provisions for the Road’, ‘Traveling Supplies’, ‘Resources’

Ephoros ‘Guardian’ ‘Overseer’

Epigeioi ‘of the Earth’

Epiphanestate Thea ‘the Most Manifest Goddess’

Epipurgidia ‘on the Tower’

Episkopos ‘Guardian’, ‘One who Watches Over’, ‘Overseer’

Epiteichea ‘The Stronghold’, ‘Fort’

Epi-tymbidia ‘Sepulchral’

Eranne ‘Lovely’

Erannos ‘Lovely’

Ergatis ‘Energizer’

Êrigeneia ‘Daughter of morning’, ‘Early-born’

Erôtotokeia / Erototokos ‘Bearer of love’, ‘Producing Love’, ‘Who Bore Love’

Eukoline ‘Good Tempered’

Eupatepeia ‘Noble-born’

Eurippa ‘Horse-finder’

Geneteira ‘Mother’

Genetyllis ‘Birth-Helper’, ‘Goddess of Childbirth’, ‘Midwife’

Gigaessa ‘Giant’

Gorgo ‘The Grim’, ‘The Gorgon’

Hecatoncheires ‘Hundred-handed’

Hegemonen ‘Guide’

Hêgemoye ‘Queen’

Helike ‘Revolving’

Hersechthonia ‘Speaking From Below’

Hexacheira ‘Of Six Ways’, ‘Of Six Hands’

Hiera ‘Holy One’

Hieros Pyr ‘Holy Fire’

Hipparete ‘Horse-Speaker’

Hippokyon ‘Mare Bitch’, ‘Horse Dog’

Hippoprosopos ‘Horse-Faced’

Hypolampteira [Of Unknown Meaning – possibly related to light or brightness]

Iocheaira / Iokheaira ‘Arrow-shooter’, ‘One who Shoots Arrows’

Indalimos ‘Beautiful’

Ippokyôn ‘Mare-Dog’, half dog/ half horse

Ippoprosôpos ‘Horse-faced’

Kalkaea ‘Wearer of High Boots’

Kalligeneia ‘Bearing Beautiful Offspring’

Kalliste ‘Fairest’

Kapetoktypos ‘Tomb-disturber’, ‘Causing the Noise of Lamentation’

Kardiodaitos ‘Heart-Eater’, ‘Feasting on Men’s Hearts’

Kareia ‘of Karia’, ‘Kraus’

Karko ‘Lamia’, ‘Child-Eating’, ‘Nocturnal Spirit’

Katachthonia ‘Subterranean’

Katakampsypsaychenos ‘Bender of proud necks’

Kelkaia [Of Unknown Meaning]

Keratôpis ‘Horned-faced’, ‘Horned Looking’

Keroeis ‘Horned’

Kthonia ‘Of the Underworld’, ’Of the Earth’

Kleidouchos / Kleidoukhos ‘Key-holder’, ‘Key-keeper’

Klôthaiê ‘Spinner of fate’

Kore ‘Maiden’

Kourotrophos ‘Child’s Nurse’, ‘Nurse of Youths’

Krataios / Kratais ‘Powerful’, ‘Dominator’, ‘Of the Rocks’

Krokopeplos ‘Saffron-Cloaked’

Kunolygmatos ‘Doglike Howler’, ‘Who howls doglike’

Kydimos ‘Glorious’

Kynegetis ‘Leader of Dogs’

Kynokephalos ‘Dog-Headed’

Kynolygmate ‘Howling Like a Dog’, ‘Who Howls Dog-like’

Kyôn ‘Bitch’, ‘Dog’

Kyôn Melaina ‘Black Bitch’, ‘Black Dog’

Kyria ‘The Powerful’, ‘The Supreme’

Laginitis ‘Of Lagina’

Lampadephoros ‘Lamp-bearer’, ‘Torch-bearer’, ‘Who Warns of Nighttime Attack’

Lampadios ‘Lamp-bearer’, ‘Torch-bearer’

Leaina ‘The Lioness’

Leontoukhos ‘Holding a Lion’

Leukophryne ‘White-Browed’, ‘Of the White-Browed Hill’

Limenitis ‘Harbor Goddess’

Limenitikos ‘Of the Harbor’, ‘Harbor Goddess’

Limenoskopos ‘Of the Threshold’, ‘Watcher of Havens’, ‘On the Harbor’, ‘Watching the Harbor’

Liparokredemnos ‘Of the Bright Headband’, ‘Bright-Coiffed’

Liparoplokamos ‘Brilliant-Braided’

Lochias ‘Protector of birth’, ‘Goddess of Childbearing’

Lykaina ‘She-wolf’

Lyko ‘She-wolf’, ‘Wolf-formed’

Maera ‘Shining’

Mageus ‘One who Kneads’ [Possibly related to Magi]

Makairapos ‘Blessed-one’

Medeousa / Medusa ‘Protector’, ‘Guard’, ‘Gorgon’

Meisopomenos ‘Laborer of the Moon’

Meisoponeros ‘Vice-Hating’

Megiste ‘Greatest’

Melaine ‘Black’

Melaneimôn ‘Black-clad’, ‘Wearing Black’

Melinoe ‘Soothing One’

Mene ‘Moon’

Moira ‘A Share’, ‘Fate’

Monogenes ‘Only Child’

Monoprosopos ‘With One Face’

Mormo ‘She-Monster’

Munychia [Of Unknown Meaning]

Nekuia / Nekyia ‘Goddess of death’, ‘Mistress of corpses’

Nerteria ‘Infernal’, ‘Subterranean’, ‘Nether One’

Nerterios ‘Infernal’, ‘Subterranean’, Nether One’

Nerteron Prytanin ‘Mistress of the Dead’

Noctiluca ‘Light of the Night’, ‘Night Shiner’

Noeros ‘Intellective’

Nomaios ‘Pastoral’

Nychia / Nykhia ‘Nocturnal’ ‘Nocturnal-One’ “Goddess of Night’

Nyktairodyteira ‘Night Riser and Setter’, ‘She that Rises and Sets by Night’

Nykteria ‘Of the Night’

Nykti ‘Of the Night’

Nyktiboos ‘Night-Shouter’, ‘Night-Crier’

Nyktipolos ‘Night-Wandering’

Nyktophaneia ‘Night-shining’

Nymphen ‘Bride’

Nyssa ‘Goader’, “Goal’, ‘Beginning’, ‘Turning Post’, ‘Ambition’

Oistrophaneia ‘Manifester of Madness’

Oistroplaneia ‘Spreader of Madness’, ‘Causing the Wanderings of Madness’

Oksyboê ‘Shrill-screamer’, ‘Shrieker’

Oletis ‘Destroyer’

Opaon ‘Follower’

Opheôplokamos ‘Coiled with Snakes’, ‘With Snaky Curls’

Oriplanos ‘Mountain-roamer’, ‘Mountain-Wandering’

Oroboros ‘Tail-Eating’

Ourania ‘Celestial’, ‘Heavenly’

Ouresiphoites ‘Wanderer in the Mountains’

Oxythymia ‘Gallows’, ‘Quick to Anger’

Paggennêteira ‘Mother of All’

Paiônios ‘Healer’

Pammêtôr ‘Mother of All’

Pandamateira ‘All-tamer’, ‘All-powerful’, “All Subduer’, ‘Master of all’

Pandina [Of Unknown Meaning – Possibly related to ‘whirling’ or ‘rotating’]

Pandôteira ‘All-giver’, ‘One who gives everything’, ‘Bestower of Everything’, Bounteous’

Pangaios ‘World-wide’

Panopaia ‘All-seeing’, ‘One who sees everything’, ‘Panorama’

Panta Ephepousa [Of Unknown Meaning]

Pantos Kosmou Kleidokhos ‘Keeper of the Keys of the Cosmos’

Pantrephô / Pantrophos ‘All-nurturing’, ‘All-sustaining’, ‘who feeds all’

Parthenos ‘Virgin’

Pasikrateia ‘Universal Queen’, ‘All-powerful’, ‘who dominates all’

Pasimedeonsa ‘All-guarding’, ‘All-protecting’

Pasimedousa ‘Ruling Over All’