Hecate (/ ˈhɛkəti / HEK-ə-tee) [a] is a goddess in ancient Greek religion and mythology, most often shown holding a pair of torches, a key, or snakes, or accompanied by dogs, [4] and in later periods depicted as three-formed or triple-bodied.

2024年6月13日 · Hecate is a goddess in Greek mythology known for her association with magic, witchcraft, the night, and the moon. She was unique among the Titans as she retained her power under Zeus and could traverse the realms of the heavens, earth, and the underworld.

2021年3月22日 · The hekataion depicted Hecate as three women encircling a central column. The three-part goddess was able to keep watch in all directions, and became standard in both written and visual representations.

Hecate was the ancient Greek goddess of magic, witchcraft, the night, moon, ghosts and necromancy. She was the only child of the Titanes Perses and Asteria from whom she received her power over heaven, earth, and sea. She was depicted as a woman holding a pair of torches. Her Roman name was Trivia.

2017年6月22日 · She is typically portrayed on Greek pottery as a young woman carrying a torch or a key, both reminders of her function as a night deity, a guardian of the gates of Hades, and as a goddess of boundaries. One 5th-century BCE Attic vase depicts a woman offering the goddess a puppy and a basket of cakes.

Hecate is the Greek goddess of the crossroads and is believed by some to be descended from the Titans. She was a Greek goddess with two quite distinct aspects to her personality - In the day she was supposed to have a benign influence on farming, but during the hours of night and darkness she was involved in witchcraft, ghosts and tombs.

2024年7月30日 · Hecate is perhaps most well-known as the goddess of magic in Greek mythology. She is also associated with witchcraft, the night, the moon, ghosts, and necromancy. In the most popular version, her origins trace back to the Titans, the generation of gods before the Olympians, and was the only child of the Titans Perses and Asteria.

In classical sculpture Hekate was depicted in one of two ways--either as a woman holding two torches or as three-bodied woman with forms back to back facing in three directions. According to Pausanias, Alkamenes was the first sculptor to portray her in the so-called Triformis style.

2024年1月12日 · Hecate is usually depicted as a beautiful woman, in the same fashion as most Greek goddesses. She is sometimes depicted in a short maiden’s tunic, perhaps referencing the idea of her as a virgin, but she does not always appear this way.

Hecate appears as a gigantic woman, bearing a torch and a sword. Her feet and hair are formed of snakes, and her passage is accompanied by voices of thunder, weird shrieks and yells, and the deep baying and howling of dogs. Her favour was propitiated by offerings and sacrifices, principally consisting of black lambs.