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Hecate

noun
1.
(Greek mythology) Greek goddess of fertility who later became associated with Persephone as goddess of the underworld and protector of witches.





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"Hecate" Quotes from Famous Books



... cavil at this sacred list, and to affirm, that the procession of the posterity of Fergus through the pages of Scottish history, was as vain and unsubstantial as the gleamy pageant of the descendants of Banquo through the cavern of Hecate. ...
— The Antiquary, Complete • Sir Walter Scott
... her. Pretending to her sister that she was preparing to perform a magic spell to release her from the bonds of love, she reared a mighty pyre in her court, wreathed it with funereal garlands, and placed thereon Aeneas's couch, garments, and sword. With her hair dishevelled, she then invoked Hecate, and sprinkling Avernian water and poisons on it, and casting thereon various love charms, she called the gods to witness that she was determined to die. As the ships left the harbor, she tore her hair, one moment accusing herself because she had not torn Aeneas ...
— National Epics • Kate Milner Rabb


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