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Definition of Hecate
1. Noun. (Greek mythology) Greek goddess of fertility who later became associated with Persephone as goddess of the underworld and protector of witches.
Definition of Hecate
1. Proper noun. (Greek god) The goddess of the night and crossroads, usually associated with witchcraft and sorcery, as well as ghosts and childbirth. Said to reside in Hades. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hecate
Literary usage of Hecate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, by Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1841)
"HAK, HEKTE (hecate ?). This Deity has also the head of a lion, surmounted by a
solar disk; and she sometimes appears under a human form, with the head-dress ..."
2. The Dial by Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, George Ripley (1842)
"hecate, goddess of midnight, discoverer of the future which yet sleeps in the
... hecate. Powerful exorcist, — why callest thou me from out the caves of ..."
3. The Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1893)
"This Artemis-Lochia, the Goddess that presided at conception and childbirth, is,
in her functions and as the triple hecate, the Orphic Deity, ..."
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