Hecate

Hecate is the Greek goddess of witchcraft, the night, and crossroads.

Mythology
After the abduction of Persephone, Hecate assisted Demeter in finding her by guiding her through the night with burning torches. After Persephone was found, Hecate remained her close friend and companion in the Underworld.

Hecate is also the goddess that immolated the Gigante Clytius.

Hecate is often depicted holding twin torches and with three faces and bodies, as she is the goddess of crossroads.

Abode
Hecate is the goddess of magic, sorcery, witchcraft, the night, ghosts, necromancy, and trivial knowledge. She is also often seen as a goddess of the dark side of the moon or the Harvest Moon. She is also associated with childbirth, nurturing the young, gates, walls, and doorways. She is sometimes said to preside over the concoction of medicines and poisons.

Because she sided with the Olympians in the Titanomachy, she was granted power over all three realms, the sky, the sea, and the Underworld.

Her sacred animals include a female black dog and a polecat. Her sacred black dog was once the Trojan Queen Hecabe. Hecabe leapt into the sea after the fall of Troy and was turned into a dog. Hecate's polecate was once a witch named Gale that was turned into a polecat for her incontinence.

Family

 * Father: Perses
 * Mother: Asteria
 * Children: Circe or See All