Hecate, the Most Mysterious Greek Goddess - Greek Gods Explained
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Hecate's parents are both very interesting deities as well. Her father was Perses, the Titan of Destruction, who is also called the wisest of all men and a loving husband. Go figure. Her mother was Asteria, the Titaness of the Stars, who turned herself into the island of Delos to stop Zeus from assaulting her and defied Hera by letting her sister, Leto, give birth on her, even calling her out for inflicting that kind of pain on another woman.
Not to be confused with Astraea, virgin goddess of justice, innocence, purity and precision and daughter of Astraeus and Eos. EDIT: She's Hecate cousin because Astraeus and Perses are siblings
@@clarehidalgoyou know you’re officially in the mythology rabbit hole when you realize there are 3 deities each with an extremely similar name to each other (Astraea, Astraeus, and Asteria)
Finally someone else who knows about Asteria!
Astraeus also fathered the 4 winds (Zephyr is one of them) and the 5 planets (not named after Jupiter, Hermes, etc btw) He is basically the Titan god of astrology, stars, planets, and the winds.
Hecate is a very cool deity.
A witch, a friend to outcasts, a spooky ghost enthusiast… she’s basically the goddess of goths XD
The three in one instant coffee
And she has a pet dog!
I encourage goths to stop being "goth", goth is for real Goths, people are playing goth these days, to be a goth you need a certain amount of darkness in you
In my gnosis she also loves everything related to Halloween.
...so, she's a b*tch, she's a lover, she's a child, she's a mother, a sinner and a saint? [late 90s pop music reference]
Makes you think. Both Hecate, and I just saw someone else's comment referencing Saga, a very important Aesir goddess we know very little about, reminds me of a concept that I've seen elsewhere. In Overly Sarcastic Productions' video on Quetzalcoatl, they explain that very important deities can sometimes show up very scarcely in the mythological record because they were **so** important, **so** culturally pervasive that it was seen as unnecessary to write a lot of their stories down, since it may have been considered common knowledge to that society.
Not that it's a guarantee that Hecate and Saga also fit that bill, I'm definitely not an expert in mythology, but it really makes you wonder just how much contextual information has been lost to time and which other deities we might really be missing out on.
Reminds me of a fun definition from a Polish language dictionary from 1746 where 'Horse' is given this definition;
"Everyone knows what a horse is".
A statement which rings true today, but might just be the nightmare of future archeologists.
So much has been lost over the centuries that we will likely never know all that was write about Hecate
This makes me wonder... what if the gods we now consider were the most important were actually the least important, or significantly less important? Like, what if the roles are actually reversed? I wonder what an ancient greek person would say about the interpretations we give to their religions
Could that mean that Zeus, Odin and many other big names may have been more obscure?
@@SCP_Wandsman13_13We have statues and temples that seem to prove which gods were more popular (>although even that can be tricky... for instance, Hestia is very much one of the most universally beloved and vemerated goddesses, but mainly in domestic cult, without temples or statues)
She also randomly appears in the Scottish Play as the witches' boss but the scene is nearly always cut in stage productions.
I remember reading that there’s a theory that another author added that bit to the original play, which kind of makes sense since it’s so out of place to the rest of the play and doesn’t add anything valuable to the story (good reasons for cutting it)
i thought it was only bad luck to say in the theater?
Ah yes Macbeth, the scene was basically “why didn’t you let me join in to troll Macbeth?” And “Sorry” said the witches. Pretty much it.
@@oblivion9619 Shame, really, she could’ve been a good character as the big bad boss behind the witches.
I have a theory that somehow Hecate is connected to Cerberus. The snakes, the dogs, the three heads, the protection, the underworld association, the crossroads bit since Cerberus guards the entrance to the underworld, lots of oddly similar notes and yet nothing substantial tying them together mythologically
Your gnosis is probably right. So many historical records were destroyed by Abrahamists that in reality we know next to nothing about many of our old Gods and Goddesses, so building a modern mythology on the basis of personal gnosis becomes even more important in understanding them and filling in the grey areas.
Remember all of the ancient texts were essentially just people writing down their own gnosis.
@@cultofthevoid5677 there was another mythological mention that got my brain turning, basically I think when Heracles was wrestling Cerberus for the 12 labors, Cerberus vomited up some bile onto the ground and from that bile grew the plant Aconite, aka Wolfsbane, one of the very witchy plants sacred to Hecate. There’s too many extant connections for me not to think Cerberus was gifted to Hades by Hecate
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I'm kinda surprised you didn't mentioned her association with Artemis/Diana and Selene/Luna (the moon goddesses). The Romans believed they were actually the same goddess with three different aspects, and called her "Diana Triformis" (Diana of the three forms/faces).
i learned about that fun lil fact when reading the canterbury tales. its mentioned very briefly in passing in the knight's tale. very cool
oh, is that where the word lunatic came from?
@@projekttaku1 yes. People associated madness with the moon, because they believed it was caused by it. Due to that, the moon was also associated with illusions and magic.
I think it’s because the Luna changes phases just like a lunatic does
The story of Aradia makes this even more interesting
I actually never heard of her until I researched Hecatia from Touhou, then I found out she was inspired by the real Greek goddess Hecate.
Sadly she was pretty much forgoten because myths involving her are few and basicaly she doesnt appear Very often
Nice, i first heard about Hecate when i read some lore from FGO (where Hecatia is described as Medeas and Circes teacher).
I cant say for sure, but the way Hecatia switches her three globes in Touhou reminds me of how Hecate has some dominion over land, sea and air.
@@philleW12 Duh.
you have to admit that’s how most people find about hecate nowadays
Hell yeah another Touhou fan!! Clownpiece was also inspired by Lampades which explains why she works for Hecatia. lol
Also ZUN even said that Hecatia is above everyone in both Gensokyo and the moon. The most powerful girl.
Hecate reminds me of Angrboða from Norse Myth, both have very little written about them, both are strongly associated with Witchcraft, and both were either highly respected or highly feared by the main family of gods, I think that's interesting
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Hecate reminds me slightly of a Tagalog god I know named Lakapati, who was hailed as a hermaphrodite god/goddess of compassion and fertility who was prayed to regularly for good fortune, prosperity, and even the protection of families, but would later be branded demonic by Catholic authorities. I'm not saying that's what happened here, but it's possible the difference of a few hundred years was enough to repaint her as something terrifying to a new order that might've favoured different gods for political reasons and not the cool goddess who was relevant to most aspects of daily life but was also kinda spooky.
In case anyone was wondering about her Ferret and Dog, they were actually important characters in the mythology before being turned into animals.
The Ferret was a woman named Galinthias who was turned into a Ferret by Hera. The reason for this punishment is actually kind of cartoonish, but basically Hera told Ilithyia (E-lee-thee-uh) the goddess(es) of childbirth to prevent Herakles from being born. Galinthias tricks Ilithyia by telling her that the baby had already been born by the will of Zeus and everyone just straight up stopped worshipping her because of it. It's not really set in stone who turned Galinthias into the weasel but most versions agree on Hera but others say it was Ilithyia or even the Moirai depending on the telling. Without Galinthias, Herakles would not have been born and Alcmene (Herakles' mother) would have died in childbirth.
The Dog was the Trojan Queen named Hecuba. Hecuba isn't really the most important character but just the fact that she's the Queen of Troy, the mother to Hector and Paris, and wife of Priam, the last king of Troy gives her enough importance to be even somewhat relevant. It is said that Hecuba was about to throw herself into the sea as Troy was burning but that Hekate took pity on her, turning her into a dog and one of her familiars.
Ermine, which is part of the weasel 'family'.
The 3 faced thing reminds me of the Morrigan. They are both very powerful witches in ancient lore too.
I’m not sure if the pose and outfit colors you gave Hacate is meant to reference Hecatia from Touhou or not lol. But regardless, a very well done video! I’ve always wanted to learn more about her.
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Something im always curious about is why authors/translators could never agree whether Hecate was with a 'C' or a 'K', ive seen Cerberus very rarely written with K but most translations I've seen have 'C'
Having a K, pronounced with a hard "k" sound is closer to the original Greek pronunciation.
The latinised forms of Greek names replace the Ks with Cs, and the pronunciation sometimes (but not always) changes to a soft "s" sound, like with Cerberus (instead of the more accurate, "Kerberos").
I kind of hate being nitpicky about spelling and pronunciation. So I just go with whatever pronunciation is most popular among English speakers, which are usually the latinised versions. But there are exceptions, like with Kratos, who's latinised form is "Cratus", but the other version is more popular.
@@JakeDoubleyoo oh i know about the K/C thing (hence why i use the Cerberus example) but im more wondering why Hec(k)ate feels much more inconsistent in spelling, probably cus not that many people wrote about her
The one Greek goddess who shops at Hot Topic and hates the moon for some reason
Epic Touhou reference
also likes to throw countless moons at you
@@marisastoletheprecioussara118 :troll:
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Hectate has been one of my favourate godesses for a very long time so its very nice to see her get a glimpse of the spotlight in this video! Also if you like Hecate and cool stories about plants and Greek mythology. I highly sugguest you read the: This poison heart series. Its very well written and not that lengthy if your not an heavy reader.
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Awesome video! I also really appreciate what you said in the beginning. I am a hellenist and worship these gods. It can sometimes be frustrating when people only ever seen them as cool characters in stories, and forget that lots of people actually worshipped them and still do to this day :)
Thanks to you I now know people still worship the Greek/ Roman gods/ mythology
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I too aspire to be a protector and granter of good fortune, a patron of magic and witchcraft, and a spooky dread goddess of the Underworld
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Hecate's characterizations kind of resonate with Santa Muerete's. Both of them are seen as creepy endowers of evil magic by outsiders. But both are also seen as benevolent maternal granters of wishes by their worshippers.
portrayal of her changes because she has three forms: the deity spawned from nyx, as well as the titan brimo and the nymph makris
Mysterious? Always thought she was pretty simple, goddess of magic medea likes her daughter of nyx helped demeter search for persephone turned someone into a ferret once and that's pretty much it curious to see what information you say
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Hecate was a very important and powerful Goddess of the Hellenic religion!
First, her name in Hellenic is Εκάτη and it’s pronounced Ekáti. In English it became Hecate which many people mispronounce…
Now, we call Hecate a Goddess but in reality she was a Titanid, a female Titan.
In the Hellenic religion we called Gods only the third generation of divine deities living at Olympus!
At the beginning nothing existed. Only Nyx (Night) Chaos (chaos…) and Erebus (darkness)
These deities existed before the cosmos came into existence. At some point they gave birth to the second generation of divine deities called *Primordial deities*
Gaia (Earth) Uranus (Sky) Iméra (Day) Pontus (Sea)… etc
These deities gave birth to the third generation called *Titans*
Cronus, Rèa, Oceanus, Phoebe, Hyperion, Iapetus, Mnemosyne, Atlas, Hecate, Prometheus, Helios, Selene… etc
Cronus and Rèa’s children were the fourth and final generations of deities called Olympian Gods.
In Titanomachy some Titans helped the Olympians and when Zeus became the King of the Gods and the mortals, he allowed them to keep living in the world without being punished like the others!
Hecate was a mysterious and powerful Titanid! No one knew exactly her powers but they were afraid of her and they didn’t want to tease her!
When Zeus became the father of the Gods, the three brothers Zeus, Poseidon and Hades decided who is going to rule over what kingdom.
Zeus became the king of the Skies
Poseidon became the king of the Seas
Hades became the king of the Underworld
Hecate had authority over Sky, Sea and the Underworld before the birth of the Olympian Gods! Zeus didn’t want to fight and provoke Hecate afraid of the powers!
They allowed her to have authority on both Skies and the Earth, the Seas and the Underworld!
Hecate was known for being the Goddess of magic but not only that!
She was the Goddess of the necromancy, magic, healing, herbs and healing through herbs and botanical therapies.
She was also the Goddess of the Crossroads meaning that she was protector of the travellers.
She was worshiped (especially in Thrace) as the grantor of good fortune!
They believed that if you prayed to her, one could win wars with her help.
Hecate didn’t lived at Olympus with the rest of the Gods. She was roaming the forests of Rhodope at the birthplace Thrace!🇬🇷
Hecate was believed to be born in Thrace and Thracians respected her massively!
I like the info, esp the Titanid part.
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I work with Hekate as a Lilith like figure in conjunction with Lucifer.
It also works well in the Greco-Roman pantheon since Diana (Hecate's Roman Equivalent) was always lusting after Lucifer who was also the Roman God of Venus.
Basically She's a very very versatile Goddess you can work with across a wide variety of pantheons. In my gnosis she's even claimed to be related to beings like Kali as well.
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You should do a video about Slavic mythology it's very interesting
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Unfortunately we have very little information on it
@@user-kx2rj3fo9z ?Do you even know anything about it
Hekate was basically the greek mythological equivalent of a biblically accurate angel.
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I always remember Hecate being the Weird Sisters boss from Macbeth
Triple deities are cool. The Morrigan is another cool triple goddess
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A triple crossroads would be the point where twelve roads meet.
I would assume the ancient Greeks had in general more three way junctions, so that is why Hecate became three faced (and headed and bodied).
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I loved this video so much because my favorite goddess has always been Hecate she always was so interesting to me thank you for making this video Jake!
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In some statues for Hecate, she is depicted with 3 heads that hold a torch, snake and a dagger. The 3-headed deities/2-headed deities are sometimes popular like the Roman god Janus (doors, gates and transitions, with one head for the past and the other for the future), the Slavic god Triglav (each head symbolizes the Sky, Earth and the Underworld) the Hinduist god Brahma (creator of Hinduism), the Celtic god Lugh (kingship), and a 3-headed Jesus that was banned by the Catholic Church (each head represents the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit).
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"And when he had called on her he drew back; and she heard him, the dread goddess, from the uttermost depths and came to the sacrifice of Aeson's son; and round her horrible serpents twined themselves among the oak boughs; and there was a gleam of countless torches; and sharply howled the hounds of hell. All meadows trembled at her step; and the nymphs that haunt the marsh and the river shrieked, all who dance round that mead of the Amarantian Phasis."
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My introduction to Hecate as a part of mythology was when we performed “The Bard’s Play” in middle school… It’s been over ten years since I performed any lines from that on a stage. I’m not THAT superstitious, but I stopped the video during the spooky reading part, which I listened to but didn’t take in a single word bc I was stuck in my memories 😖
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She is maybe a god from the civilization befor ancient Greece (Mycenaen) since she has a big role with persephone, which is also feared by some and worshiped by others and since I believe reds (osp) head canon, that persephone is Despoinai (aka. the mistress ) and since Hecate is sometimes seen as a tectonic deity and Mycenaen mythology favored them, it could be that her relevance started their, or maybe she's an offshoot of Despoinai together with Persephone, who knows? In the end a lot got lost in the age between Mycenaen and Greece and we lack a whole lot of context clues. Maybe she is just a local goddess but because of some conflict she got vilified like Kreta with their bull religion and the Minotaur.
Hecate and Aphrodite are some of the deities that existed before ancient Greek civilization. Aphrodite evolved from the goddess Astarte and Hecate was an Anatolian entity.
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I had no clue about anything about Hecate, before this I had only heard her briefly when I first studied macbeth. So this was really interesting for me
Thanks for making this informative video! I've always wondered why this goddess appears to the three Weird Sisters during Macbeth. Thoughts?
Its really cool you did a video about Hecate as I had a cat who died very recently and I also named her after the greek goddess Hecate... this video reminded me of her(my cat) and all her great memories
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finally you talk about HECATE, she 's my top 5 fav greek god, with apollo, artemis, gaia, and nyx
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I'm one of the proud fans of pre-greek mythology
Protogenoi and titans are in my opinion far more interesting than standard myths. Let's take the Perses as an example - the titan of destruction, whom even Zeus simped over.
tbh zeus simps for everyone no?
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"Death to chronos" - hecate
Aside from Hecate, there’s also the sorceress named Circe. Some also refer her as the Goddess of Sorcery and Magic.
more fun facts: Hecate may be the source of the name Catherine via ancient greek Aikaterine (which was then confused with the greek word katheros in the middle ages, which is where we get the 'h' and lost the first syllable)
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I remember as a kid I tried to make a Percy Jackson spinoff called Mythos where the main character was a son of Hecate and was just Harry Potter without a wand
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In English class, I learnt about Hecate from the play MacBeth and how we never read that part of play as our teacher stated that it's up in the air if Shakespeare actually wrote her part in the story or if it was added later on by an unknown writer. So yea, there's no wonder there's not much info on her, but I hope we can find some more, some day.
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Yay my favorite goddess
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I may not be 100% correct in this but I know Hecate is worshiped in Peganism and a lot of old religions, witchcraft and alike. Maybe the time lapse is just from differences in how her role is perceived/ what she did to help those specific gods from Greek or other mythologies.
Hecate and Dionysus out here doing weird goth stuff out of nowhere.
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