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“At Lagina, the goddess Hekate was given the epithet Kleidouchos (key-bearer),”
― D'Este D'Este, Circle for Hekate - Volume I: History & Mythology

“I, the goddess Hecate, lie here, as you see. Earlier I was mortal, now, as a goddess, I am immortal and young forever.”
― D'Este D'Este, Circle for Hekate - Volume I: History & Mythology

“Theriocephalic images believed to date to as early as 30 000 BCE have been found, with the earliest being the lion-headed Löwenmensch (lion-person) figurine found in Germany. This icon shows a human body with the head of a European cave lion. The Egyptian pantheon had several animal-headed deities, including the lion-headed Sekhmet who resembles the Löwenmensch figurine as being a female with the head of a lion.”
― D'Este D'Este, Circle for Hekate - Volume I: History & Mythology

“Depictions of Aphrodite in the same region shows her with the same decorated pillar-like torso. This suggests that all three goddesses, i.e. the Ephesian Artemis, the Carian Aphrodite and Hekate, were influenced by an earlier and probably local cult.”
― D'Este D'Este, Circle for Hekate - Volume I: History & Mythology

“…Lady Hekate of the heavens, Hekate of the underworld, Hekate of the crossroads, Hekate of the triple-face, Hekate of the single-face, cut the hearts of the thief or the thieves who took the items contained in this deposition. And let the earth not be walkable, the sea not sailable; let there be no enjoyment of life, no increase of children, but may utter destruction visit them or him.”
― D'Este D'Este, Circle for Hekate - Volume I: History & Mythology

“I invoke you by the unconquerable god,
Iao Barbathiao Brimiao Chermari.”
― D'Este D'Este, Circle for Hekate - Volume I: History & Mythology

“Thetis is sometimes equated to Metis, who is described as the first of the wives of Zeus.”
― D'Este D'Este, Circle for Hekate - Volume I: History & Mythology

“In the Theogony, Perses is the son of Eurybia (Wild Force) and Crius (Ram/Ruler), husband to the star goddess Asteria and father to Hekate. His name is usually taken to mean destroyer, and sometimes as from Persia.”
― D'Este D'Este, Circle for Hekate - Volume I: History & Mythology

“The wolf is sacred to both of Leto’s children. The temple of Apollo at Delphi had a statue of a wolf. Here at his most celebrated temple, there were stories of the god sending his wolf to hunt a thief who successfully stole gold from his temple. Apollo could also manifest in wolf shape, and was known as the Wolf God.”
― D'Este D'Este, Circle for Hekate - Volume I: History & Mythology

“Isis had acquired the horns during her own conflation with the cow-headed Hathor, and Hekate was often described as being bull or cow-headed. The uraeus-serpent also appears on coins showing Isis-Hekate, again highlighting the serpent symbol shared by both goddesses.”
― D'Este D'Este, Circle for Hekate - Volume I: History & Mythology

“Blue gemstones are specifically associated with the Heavenly Aphrodite, and similar descriptions of stones suspended in gold can be found in association with the Love Goddess.”
― D'Este D'Este, Circle for Hekate - Volume I: History & Mythology

“Hecate in the following form: "My image purify, as I shall show: Of wild rue form the frame, and deck it o'er with lizards such as run about the house; These mix with resin, myrrh, and frankincense, Pound all together in the open air under the crescent moon, and add this vow." 'Then she set forth the vow, and showed how many lizards must be taken: "Take lizards many as my many forms, and do all this with care. My spacious house with branches of self-planted laurel form. Then to my image offer many a prayer, And in thy sleep thou shalt behold me nigh.”
― D'Este D'Este, Circle for Hekate - Volume I: History & Mythology

“The crescent and eight-rayed star were also sometimes used for other deities with a link to Persia and Anatolia. The crescent, with an eight-rayed star, was frequently used to depict the Babylonian goddess Ishtar and the moon god Sin.”
― D'Este D'Este, Circle for Hekate - Volume I: History & Mythology

“In Byzantium, the symbol of the upwards-pointing crescent moon and eight-rayed star (representing the sun) above it, was a symbol of Hekate, and sometimes Hekate-Artemis. The symbol may have indicated this goddess’ connection with both the moon and the sun or a symbolic reference to Apollo”
― D'Este D'Este, Circle for Hekate - Volume I: History & Mythology

“Already the bird of morning was cutting the air with loud cries [in Samothrace]; already the helmeted bands of desert-haunting Korybantes were beating on their shields in the Knossian dance, and leaping with rhythmic steps, and the oxhides thudded under the blows of the iron as they whirled them about in rivalry, while the double pipe made music, and quickened the dancers with its rollicking tune in time to the bounding steps. Aye, and the trees whispered, the rocks boomed, the forests held jubilee with their intelligent movings and shakings, and the Dryades did sing. Packs of bears joined the dance, skipping and wheeling face to face; lions with a roar from emulous throats mimicked the triumphant cry of the priests of the Kabeiroi, sane in their madness; the revelling pipes rang out a tune in honour of Hekate, divine friend of dogs, those single pipes, which the horn-polisher's art invented in Kronos's days.”
― D'Este D'Este, Circle for Hekate - Volume I: History & Mythology

“Didyma was home to a renowned oracle of Apollo, which was almost as famous as that of Delphi. Evidence from the site shows that there was also a connection to Zeus, Kybele and Artemis here, with a temple dedicated to the latter in her association with water.”
― D'Este D'Este, Circle for Hekate - Volume I: History & Mythology

“Alongside that of Hekate he also built altars to Priapus, the Dioscuri and the Samothracian gods on Thera, inscribing them with his verses. There were three dedications carved into the rock to the left of the complex: an eagle for Zeus of Olympus, a lion for Apollo the Crown Wearer and a dolphin for Poseidon of the Sea.”
― D'Este D'Este, Circle for Hekate - Volume I: History & Mythology

“In Scottish lore, Hekate was often equated with the Faery Queen of the Unseelie court, Nicneven, who dwelt in the mountain Ben Nevis…”
― D'Este D'Este, Circle for Hekate - Volume I: History & Mythology

“But the Romans sacrifice a dog in the cleansing month, on the festival which they call Lupercalia. Hence it was not without cause, to prohibit them whose charge it was to worship the highest and holiest God”
― D'Este D'Este, Circle for Hekate - Volume I: History & Mythology

“The chanting and singing of paeans are often associated with Dionysos and Apollo, but also formed an important part of celebrations to Hekate.”
― D'Este D'Este, Circle for Hekate - Volume I: History & Mythology

“Magic is a major aspect linking Isis to Hekate. There is a bronze statue in Rome that depicts Hekate wearing the lunar crown of Isis, topped by lotus blossoms, and carrying a lighted torch in each hand. The statue is dedicated to Hekate and Serapis from someone who was saved by them from an unnamed danger. Both Isis and Artemis are shown carrying a torch as is Torch-bearing Hekate who illuminates the secrets of the underworld.”
― D'Este D'Este, Circle for Hekate - Volume I: History & Mythology

“These include dozens of eight-petaled designs on gold, a male version of Potnia Theron and much more. A system of weights and measures was developed on Aegina, which subsequently became used throughout the Greek world. There is evidence that Hekate had a temple there, but the largest temple on the island was dedicated to Apollo.”
― D'Este D'Este, Circle for Hekate - Volume I: History & Mythology

“The first side shows a lion-headed figure crowned with eight rays, facing right and holding a branch and wreath in his hands. This is almost certainly a depiction of the god Aion, god of unbounded time with a close association with the Mystery traditions. The inscription on this side of the gem combines elements of Judeo-Christian belief: “Michael, the highest, Gabriel, the strongest”[195] The obverse shows a representation of the jackal-headed Egyptian god Anubis, holding a flail and possibly another wreath. He faces a three-formed Hekate, carrying whips, torches and daggers. Hekate and Anubis are being petitioned alongside Aion and the archangels Michael and Gabriel, providing an example of how the boundaries between religious traditions became blurred from a magical”
― D'Este D'Este, Circle for Hekate - Volume I: History & Mythology

“At Argos, Eileithyia is sometimes also equated to Hera or Artemis. Eileithyia with a quiver of arrows is depicted on the coins of Argos, which lends support to the idea that she may be Artemis here.”
― D'Este D'Este, Circle for Hekate - Volume I: History & Mythology

“It is interesting that the rise of the cult of the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus, started in what is now Syria. Mary was worshipped here as the Mother of God, arguably replacing (continuing?) what remained of the earlier Mother Goddess cult.”
― D'Este D'Este, Circle for Hekate - Volume I: History & Mythology

“Hekate’s torches are equated to the light of the Moon (and the stars) in an undated scholion, which juxtaposes Hekate as being the light in the dark, with Apollo being the light in the day in his role as God of the Sun. It is also possible to equate Hekate’s torches to the morning and evening stars (Venus), the light of this planet is the first and last in the morning and evening skies.”
― D'Este D'Este, Circle for Hekate - Volume I: History & Mythology

“The depiction and the idea of the Thracian Mother Goddess as Hekate, i.e. as the one who gives birth to the divine son, shouldn’t seem strange to us because of the images found in the territory of Bulgaria of Hekate with a little child in her hands, again accompanied by her sacred dogs-wolves, which are a second naming of the divine son in his winter hypostasis, at the time of his birth.”[”
― D'Este D'Este, Circle for Hekate - Volume I: History & Mythology

“earlier sources make no mention of Hekate’s association with the Moon. Her later relationship with the Moon is primarily because of syncretisation with Moon goddesses, such as Selene. Artemis also was associated with lunar symbols until much later, and indeed shares many solar qualities in common with her brother Apollo. Artemis’ bow was described as golden, as were her arrows, and she rode through the sky in a golden chariot. Likewise, Artemis is associated with solar animals, such as the lion. As Apollo’s association with the sun expanded in the late Hellenistic period, so Artemis became increasingly associated with the Moon – in so doing the twins, in part, replaced the older Helios (Sun) and Selene (Moon).”
― D'Este D'Este, Circle for Hekate - Volume I: History & Mythology

“Here figurines showing an enthroned voluptuous woman flanked by lions were found which strongly resemble that of later depictions of Kybele. Çatalhöyük is believed to have been occupied from at least 8000 BCE, suggesting that the Phrygian Mother’s cult may have existed in the region for many thousands of years.”
― D'Este D'Este, Circle for Hekate - Volume I: History & Mythology

“I am the movement that dwells in the All, she in whom the All takes its stand, the first-born among those who came to be, she who exists before the All. She is called by three names, although she dwells alone, since she is perfect.”
― D'Este D'Este, Circle for Hekate - Volume I: History & Mythology