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Hekate's association with the stars

By Eirini Tsotsou on March 02, 2018

Hekate’s association with the stars can be seen from the other goddesses that she is connected with and their qualities. Hekate appears to be Selene (Moon) in Apollius Rodios and Ovid's Metamorphoses. In the Hellenistic period Hekate was Selene in the sky, Persephone in the Underworld (Hades), Artemis in the Earth. Nonnus (5th century a.C.) is writing that Selene is Hekate of many names. In the PGM we can find hymns and many magickal spells that associate Hekate with Selene, especially hymns to the moon.

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Thoughts on Torch

By Constantinos Nt... on March 01, 2018

Hekate has many symbols. One of the most dominant is the torch. In hellenic the torch is called δαυλός, dhaulos. You know the epithet dadouchos, is the one who carries a daulos, the torchbearer. Dhaulos is the masculine type and dhada is the femimine type. Let's see the meaning of the word dhaulos.

The torch is a main symbol of the Goddesses of Eleusis, including Hekate as well. Nowadays it is used by political parties, athletic teams, occult cults and religions. In hellenic the word is pronounced today at o but the ancient pronounciation is on u. So Δαύλος is the correct one, dau(v)los. It consists of three parts:

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