Hekate
Hekate is a goddess to whom Plutarch loosely connects Mana Genita, on account of the bitch sacrifice.
↻ synthesized from 13 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Ancient Greek goddess.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Deiua Geneta, Paraplex, Ariouth, Iachtanabas, Diana Nemorensis, Chaldean Hekate, restless spirits, Greco-Roman Hekate, Sophia, Hagion Pneuma, Dark Elders, Witch of Endor, Iphimedeia, Nike, Apollon Noumenios, Athena Polias, guardian snake of the city, Cecrops, Luna, Pluto/Hades, Selene, Manes, Typhon, Vesta, Cybele, Gaia, Zeus, Apollo, Ares, Aphrodite, Athena, Poseidon, Dioskouroi, Porphyrion, Hēraklēs, Agathos Daimon, Hestia, Hermes, Dionysus, Helios, Proserpina, Mania
- allied with
- Demeter, Persephone, Scathach, Nicholas Flamel, Eileithyia, Rhea, Hera
- enemy of
- John Dee, giant, Bastet, The Morrígan
- syncretized with
- Selene, Persephone, Ereschigal, Artemis (Diana), Mana Genita, World Soul, Diana, Genetyllis
- manifests as
- Triple Goddess
Mentioned by
- Manes
- Typhon
- Vesta
- Cybele
- Gaia
- Zeus
- Apollo
- Ares
- Aphrodite
- Athena
- Poseidon
- Dioskouroi
- Porphyrion
- Hēraklēs
- Agathos Daimon
- Hestia
and 13 more
Sources
Source passages
“In a Greek equivalence perspective, Plutarch, on account of the bitch sacrifice, loosely connects the goddess to Hekate.”
#12791 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Flamel then leads the twins and Scathach to secure the aid of Hekate, a powerful three-faced Elder, who can awaken the twins' magical potential. Dee discovers this, and enlists the aid of Bastet and the Morrigan. The trio mount a massive assault on Hekate's shadowrealm, to destroy Yggdrasill – the world tree – that is the heart of Hekate's power.”
#17865 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Alföldi interpreted the numismatic image as the Latin Diana "conceived as a threefold unity of the divine huntress, the Moon goddess, and the goddess of the nether world, Hekate,"”
#19814 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The picture of Hekate presented in the Chaldean Oracles is as a powerful emanation of the godhead, the embodiment of the life-giving, intellectual, creative, and magical power of the Transcendent reality. As noted above, her specific role in the Chaldean Oracles was as a guide to the infinite and Transcendent realm”
#19971 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Demeter, Persephone, Hekate, and the Dioskouroi are also present and fighting the Giants.”
#20045 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001