Hecate/Carmenta
Goddess of the Crossroads
Pantheon: Olympian
Element:Earth
Sphere of Influence:Abundance and Magic
Preferred colors:Green,Black,Silver,Red Henn
Associated symbol: Knife,Torch
Animals associated with: Raven, Owl , Snake, Frog, Dog
Best day to work with: Wednesday
Best Moon phase: New Moon
Best time to work with: Midnight
Strongest around Samhain
Suitable offerings: Honey, Pomegranate
Associated Planet: Moon, Mercury
Hecate is the goddess of the Moon, magic and of abundance. She is defender of children, and provider of food and riches. She is the midwife. She is the goddess of the crossroads, and later became known as the Goddess of the Underworld. In Pre-Classical Ancient Greece She was represented as a young woman clad in a long robe, holding burning torches. She is the Crone but also the Maiden. She brings abundance as well as storms, and has a key role in birth as well as death. Over the centuries she has been portrayed more and more as a dark goddess, but this comes through a misunderstanding of her power and complexity. When you have a life altering decision to make, she may be the one to consult.
Greek myth (earth)
In Greek mythology, Hecate (Greek language|Greek ???t? Hekáte)
(Roman mythology|Roman equivalent: Trivia "of the three ways") was the goddess of witchcraft and sorcery, as well as crossroads. She has been appropriated by Wicca and other modern magic (paranormal)|magic-practising religions.
She was usually portrayed as having three heads: one dog, one snake and one horse. She also had two ghostly dogs as servants by her side.
Hecate haunted three-way crossroads, where each of her heads faced different directions. She appeared when the "ebony moon" (new moon) shined.
In some versions of the myth, Hecate rescued Persephone from the underworld. Indeed, in the earliest records of her, Hecate bears little resemblance to the night-walking crone.
Medea was said to be a priestess of Hecate.
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Why I call Myself a Witch
Why do you call yourself a Witch?
Why do you dress yourself in black?
Why don't you use some other word
and get the devil off your back?
I call myself a Witch
because a Witch is what I am,
Like a Jew in Nazi Germany
I don't define my name to fit the master plan
The propaganda man, never again, never again
Why do you call yourself a Witch,
you know we just don't understand
People will say you're sinister,
you know they'll say your soul is damned
I call myself a Witch because
I don't believe the lie
That the Creator is a macho man
Who wants to tell me what to do until I die
For pie in the sky, that's such a lie, that's such a lie
I don't believe in Satan,
he's a poor excuse for Pan
I'm a child of holy Mother Earth
And I'm gonna stand up to the propaganda man
In every way I can
Why do you call yourself a Witch,
such a pretentious fantasy
Magic is just a childhood dream,
come on and face reality
I call myself a Witch
because I'm not afraid to tell
That the magic is in life itself
Not just in some ancient book or secret spell
And I know damn well that there's no Hell
Except the Goddess/God of that name...
No, the devil doesn't turn me on,
he's too much of a chauvinist pig
No self-respecting feminist
would be caught dead
around a masculine ego that big
Why do you call yourself a Witch
and talk of Witchcraft openly?
Pagan's a nice disguise to use
when you're in mixed company
I call myself a Witch
because there's power in the word
There's power in the truth about
What we really feel and who we really are
Live by the Star and you'll go far!
Why do you call yourself a Witch?
Because a Witch is what I am
Why do you call yourself a Witch?
Because a Witch is what I am!
