Hecate





Hecate is the Greek goddess of the crossroads.
She is most often depicted as having three heads; one of a dog, one of a snake and one of a horse.
She is usually seen with two ghost hounds that were said to serve her.
Hecate is most often mispercepted as the goddess of witchcraft or evil, but she did some very good things in her time.
One such deed was when she rescued Persephone, (Demeter's daughter, the queen of the Underworld and the maiden of spring), from the Underworld.
Hecate is said to haunt a three-way crossroad, each of her heads facing in a certain direction.
She is said to appear when the ebony moon shines.


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