The realms of Hecate include magick, ritual, prophetic vision, child birth, death, the underworld, and the secrets of regeneration.  She is known  as a funerary Priestess. She is... Antea - Sender of Nocturnal Visions Daughter of Nyx - Guardian of the unconscious Pytania - Invincible Queen of the Dead Hekate - The Distant One Heket - Egyptian Heq - Predynastic Egyptian Kali - India The "Phosphorescent Angel" is the name given to Hecate because She is the one shines in the light of the phosphorescense of the decaying bodies of the dead. Hecate's Genology:                                        Phiobe = Koios                                         ______|_____                                         |                   |                                      Leto           Asteria = Perses                                   ___|___                     |                                   |          |               Hecate (Most Lovely One)                              Apollo   Artemis              |                                                              Museus (The Muse Man)     The three bodied pillar (statue) of Hecate is called the Hecterion The individual three aspects of Hecate Triformis ~ Past, Present, Future ~ Maiden, Mother, Crone ~ Heaven, Earth, Underworld ~ Birth, Life, Death ~ Birth, Death, Rebirth ~ Spring, Winter, Summer ~ Selene (moon), Artemis (huntress), Hecate (destroyer) ~ Selene (full moon), Artemis (cresent moon), Hecate (waining moon) ~ Artemis (the virgin), Persephone (the nymph), Hecate (the crone) ~ Persephone (the daughter), Artemis (the mother), Hecate (the grandmother) ~ Hebe (the maiden), Hera (the wife), Hecate (the widow) ~ Kore (the green corn), Persephone (the ripe ear), Hecate (the harvested corn) Hecates three animal heads sybolize the animalistic side of Her feminine triinities: ~ Dog, Snake, Lion ~ Dog, Horse, Bear Her sacred tools are: ~ Key, Rope, Dagger The KEY to the underworld unlocks the mysteries of knowledge The ROPE or Scourge is the umbilical cord of rebirth and renewal The DAGGER or ATHAME cuts through lifes delusions

Hekate Triformis