#witches goddess

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"O Nox [Nyx the Night], Mother of Mysteries, and all ye golden Astra (Stars) who with Luna [Selene the Moon] succeed the fires of day, and thou, divine triceps (three-formed) Hecate, who knowest all my enterprises and dost fortify the arts of magic."

-Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book VII

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Hekate & Pop Culture : Liminal Fantasies, or Modern Temples?

No denying it, the Goddess Hekate has become a pop-culture icon. Dozens of artists, writers and creators in the 20th and 21st century have been inspired

The Sabrina writer(s) did their research and the invocation, with perhaps the exception to the Maiden Mother Crone malarkey (Sabrina’s aunts invoke Hekate as the Maiden Mother and Crone, which although it is not historically accurate, is much better than branding Hekate in just the Crone role as unfortunately has happened in some circles where misinformation circulated in the past).  The invocation otherwise appears to be both informed and thoughtful, it includes enough of the qualities and symbolic language that it feels like a real invocation (feels like, or is? …).  In fact, the (excuse the pun!) evocation was chilling in that it was realistic, even if it was clearly fictional within the context of the series, and that it was streaming to millions of screens bringing a little of that Hekatean symbolism and energy to homes around the world.

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Can you stop calling witches like me satanic PLEASE 😭

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Apollo and Daphne

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Hekate is who I think of when people say “mother”🌒🌕🌘

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An overview of Hecate by @teaandrosemary

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Discovery of the Statue of Antinous at the Temple of Apollo, Delphi, Greece, 1894