Many of these misconceptions can be very popular, but have no historical backing.
-She is a “crone goddess”
This misconception probably comes from more recent literary representations of her. In Ancient Greek religion she was always portrayed as a young maiden.
-She is a “triple goddess” or the Triple Goddess
The Triple Goddess is a purely modern creation/belief. This concept of deity was created in the mid 1900s along with Wicca. Since Hekate predates Wicca and neo-pagan movements by about 2,000 years, she couldn’t really be the Triple Goddess. She is not a Wiccan deity, so therefore, she would not be defined or characterized by a Wiccan concept of deity. While she is commonly portrayed as three women, that was only to depict her domain over the three way crossroads, unlike the Triple Goddess whose aspects each represent a different thing.
-Hekate is not a witch goddess
This is so far from true. Even if this role isn’t one of her original roles, such as the ones described by Hesiod, this aspect did become quite prevalent later in the Hellenic world. The evidence of her role as a witch goddess is very commonly portrayed in Ancient Greek literature and mythos. Kirke and Medea, arguably two of the most popular witches ever, were both priestesses, or in some cases daughters, of Hekate. Whenever witches performed their magic such as necromancy, binding spells, curses, image magic, and other spells, they called on Hekate. This relationship between witches and Hekate is not only shown in Greek literature but in Roman literature as well such as the tale of the witch Erichtho is Lucan’s Pharsalia.
-Hekate is JUST a witch goddess
Though her role as a witch goddess is probably the most popular in literature and with neo pagans and Wiccans, this is far from her only aspect. As described by Hesiod, she was a goddess of the heavens, the earth, and the sea, and a child protector. She was also known to be a goddess of the crossroads and the dead. She guards the gates to the underworld and holds dominions over the daemones (spirits) and ghosts. She also later became a goddess of the moon and is celebrated every dark moon at her Deipnon.
-Hekate is evil
This is more of a modern literary misconception. The Ancient Greeks did not believe in gods of pure good or pure evil. Each deity had aspects of both. The power to create or destroy. To bless or to curse.
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As they report today in an advance online paper in Nature Genetics, Penn scientists and their collaborators sequenced the full genome of the golden orb-weaver spider (Nephila clavipes), a prolific silk-spinner that turns out to produce 28 varieties of silk proteins. In addition to cataloguing new spider silk genes, the researchers discovered novel patterns within the genes that may help to explain the unique properties of different types of silk.
Now, this is a spell/meditation for when you get into the shower to get clean on multiple levels. It works mind, body, and soul to give you a new self when you get out of the shower. Best used as you are about to go to bed.
1. start your shower and get it to the temperature you like it. I personly like it warm but not hot.
2. Get your soaps and whatever else you use to smell and feel awesome shower bombs what ever.
3. Get into the shower and let the water run over you for a bit get a feel for the water washing down you.
4. Close your eyes and let darkness fall around you once you can envision the water think where does it come from. Three statues with torches warming vases of water that are pouring down on you.
5. Now get your soaps and start scrubbing your body and hair chanting
“Great mother Hekate make me clean wash away my negativity and strife and make me clean.”
6. Once you have done this lets the water once again wash over you taking the soap and the bad vibes down the drain.
7. Envision the water not just flowing over you, but through you let this happen until the water is able to flow through your spirit without impedance.
8. Take your hands and from the top of your head to your feet rub down your body this will help you get a feel for your clean body and it just feels great.
9. Once you are done give thanks to Mother Hekate and dry off.
I hope this can help allot of my sisters feel better when they have a long day.
My Spiderweb Spread! I posted a hasty version on my old blog @thewrittenwitch but never got around to making a half decent graphic, so here you go! I use this when a card keeps popping up in readings and I can’t make sense of it.
The Witch of the Web 