Hecate
Hecate is a goddess whose name may be the origin of Saint Catherine's name.
↻ synthesized from 58 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Earlier goddess with morphological similarities to Holda and others.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Eos, Hyperion, Theia, Lares Praestites, Furies, Bertha, Abundia, Artio, the Matres of Engyon, the Matronae, Epona, Frau Hulda, Werra, Dame Hulde, God the Father, Ares, Apollo Nomios, Libitina, Hera, Athene, the Fates, Triple Goddess, Mother, Maiden, Ana, Nimue, Maris, Kore, Hera Pais, Hera Teleia, Hera Khera, Moira, Ilythia, Callone, Ngame, Mercury, Anubis, Morana, valkyries, Xolotl, Pushan, Charon, Vanth, Arinna, Eileithyia, Alcamenes, Dioscuri, Cronus, Ceres, Kostroma, Lada, Geneta Mana, Eilioneia, Vesna, Dziewanna, Targī̆tavah, Achilles Pontarkhēs, Hestia, Pandora, Hades, Hagne, Praxidike, Sirens, Oceanid, Pallas Athena, Manes, di inferi, di superi, di terrestres, Di Manes, Chaldean Hekate, Discordia, Gale, Keres, Zeus Meilichius, Isis, Rhea, the Virgin Mary, Demeter, Cybele, Chokmah, Jehovah Elohim, Tzaphkiel, Aralim, Sathariel, Lilith, Astarte, Bastet, Set, Baphomet, Valkyrie, Eve, Khem, Al-Uzza, Scylla, Glaucus, Semele, Great Pan, Wise Old Man, Enitharmon, Los, Potnia Theron, Jupiter, Latona, Erinyes, Triptolemus, Sol, Juno, Uranus, Leto, Phoebe, Odysseus, Zagreus, Chronos, the Son, Moirai, Badb, Macha, Mórrígan, Laima, Kārta, Dēkla, Parcae, Norns, Hermes Trismegistus, the Holy Spirit, Asteria, Dionysus, Cerberus, Enodia, Alexiares, Anicetus, Iris, Heracles, Coeus, Perses, Minotaur, Pasiphaë, Calypso, Asterope, Hermes, Aphrodite, Athena, Asclepius, Cephissus, Kourotrophos, Helios, Circe, Aloeus, Aeëtes, *Preswa, Ištar, Apollo, Atargatis, Persian Artemis, Adonis, Artemis, Attis, Selene, Britomartis, Diktynna, Carmê, Artemis Enodia, Kallisto, Laphria, Atalanta, Artemis Orthia, Artemis Eucleia, Aricina, Tauria, Perse, Chiron, Chariclo, Persephone, Amphitrite, Atropos, Nyx, Calliope, Clotho, Lachesis, Medea, Minthe, Artemis (Diana), Poseidon, Anaïtis, Hephaestus, harpies, Triton, Talos, Hydra, Gaia, demons, Satan
- syncretized with
- Perchta, Richella, Herodias, Signora Oriente, Arada, Holda, iele, Enodia, Trivia, Ereshkigal, Snake-Legged Goddess, Diana, ḥqt, Luna, Proserpina, Crone, Great Mother, Melinoe, Angelos, Artemis (Diana), Artemis Potnia Theron, Ceto, Nicneven, Hulda, Hecate Enodia, Erecura, Mammelainen, Brimo, Lucifera
- sibling of
- Apollo
- manifests as
- Moon
- aspect of
- Wise Old Woman
- consort of
- Aeëtes
- teacher of
- Melinoe
- has aspect
- Persephone
- manifested by
- Demeter, Dark Goddess
- served by
- Lampades
- enemy of
- Clytius
Mentioned by
- Gaia
- demons
- Satan
- Ceto
- Nicneven
- Hulda
- Hecate Enodia
- Erecura
- Mammelainen
- Brimo
- Lucifera
- Lampades
- Charites
- Persephone
- Demeter
- Dark Goddess
and 5 more
Sources
- peer reviewed
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“it could derive from the name of the goddess Hecate”
#1278 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“He also identifies strong morphological similarities with the earlier goddesses Hecate / Artemis, Artio, the Matres of Engyon, the Matronae, and Epona, as well as figures from fairy-tales, such as Cinderella.”
#6382 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“From this point of view, the Iele are similar to the Ancient Greek Hecate, a three headed goddess of Thracian origin, who guards crossroads.”
#6652 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Edward Buriss suggests a relationship between the dogs of the Lares Praestites and the general connection between dogs and witches or deities such as Hecate. Likewise, the classicist Margaret Waites proposed that the imagery of dogs indicated that the Lares Praestites possessed chthonic characteristics”
#10002 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Hecate – Greek goddess of magic and transitions”
#10961 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001