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Hekate has been given numerous epithets describing her roles and qualities over the thousands of years of her worship. Some of her well known titles include:
Chthonia (‘earthly one’),
Dadouchos (‘torch-bearer’),
Enodia (‘of the ways’),
Kleidouchos (‘key-bearer’),
Kourotrophos (‘child’s nurse’),
Phosphorus (‘light-bearer’),
Propolos (‘companion’),
Propylaia (‘before the gates’),
Soteira (‘saviour’),
Triformis (‘three bodied’),
Trioditis (‘of the three ways’).
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― Hekate Liminal Rites: A Study of the rituals, magic and symbols of the torch-bearing Triple Goddess of the Crossroads
― Hekate Liminal Rites: A Study of the rituals, magic and symbols of the torch-bearing Triple Goddess of the Crossroads
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In antiquity, Hekate was loved and revered as the goddess of the dark moon. People looked to her as a guardian against unseen dangers and spiritual foes.
All was well until Persephone, the goddess of spring, was kidnapped by Hades and ordered to live in the underworld for three months each year. Persephone was afraid to make the journey down to the land of the dead alone, so year after year Hekate lovingly guided her through the dark passageway and back. Over time Hekate became known as Persepho
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― Into the Cold Fire
― Into the Cold Fire
