Mar 9, 2023 · Hecate, daughter of Asteria and Perses, was a powerful but mysterious goddess usually associated with magic, witchcraft, and the Underworld. Though often an object of …

71. I know that Hesiod in the Catalogue of Women represented that Iphigeneia was not killed but, by the will of Artemis, became Hecate. [21] 72. Butes, it is said, was a son of Poseidon: so …

From Circe and Hecate in ancient Greece to “The Lady of the Green Kirtle” in C.S. Lewis’ The Silver Chair, mages capture our imaginations because of their hidden, supernatural knowledge …

But when the tenth enlightening dawn had come, Hecate, with a torch in her hands, met her, and spoke to her and told her news: “Queenly Demeter, bringer of seasons and giver of good gifts, …

For to this day, whenever any one of men on earth offers rich sacrifices and prays for favour according to custom, he calls upon Hecate. Great honour comes full easily to him whose …

But Hecate, when she gave to rule the woods, Then led me trembling thro’ these dire abodes, And taught the tortures of th’ avenging gods. These are the realms of unrelenting fate; And awful …

The Greek gods ruled over every aspect of Hellenic existence—from war to love, from childbirth to the afterlife. Commonly depicted in human form, they were capricious deities who demanded …

This Hecate’s name, that Youth’s inscription bears; With forest-boughs, and vervain these she crown’d; Then delves a double trench in lower ground, And sticks a black-fleec’d ram, that …

Mar 10, 2023 · Crius was a Greek Titan whose name, the “ram,” signaled strength and virility. Little is known about him; he is best remembered for his children and grandchildren, including …

Mar 9, 2023 · The three Moirae—Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos—were the personifications of fate. They ensured that every being followed the preordained course that had been set for them.