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To: alt.mythology From: brunelson@aol.com (BruNelson) Subject: Re: Interested in Hecate Date: 4 Dec 1994 19:33:33 GMT Quoting: |Holly Berry [re: Hekate] |I am particularly interested in her rulerships. Does she rule dogs for |instance? What other associations are linked to her? She doesn't really 'rule' dogs (if such a thing were possible). She is portrayed as being accompanied by packs of howling dogs, and the spirits of those souls caught between the realms--criminals, suicides and others who haven't been able to transmigrate properly. In fact these sorts of bodies were apparently left at crossroads for her to assist (a sense here that she unlike other gods is willing to extend her compassion even to those things that are 'polluted'). In terms of other associations, the hymns in the Papyri are quite rich. She is identified with Aphrodite and is also refered to as the goddess of harbors. Her appearance can be quite horrific--snakes in her hair, burning eyes, a true graveyard vision. Not unlike Kali. She is patroness of sorcercy--the goddess that Medea invoked in her magic. At the same time she is a goddess of divine love, and a guardian to the higher realms. Quite unusual don't you think? Bruce Bruce Nelson@aol.com -------------------------- To: alt.mythology From: brunelson@aol.com (BruNelson) Subject: Re: Interested in Hecate Date: 4 Dec 1994 19:34:41 GMT Quoting: |Chris Camfield |I have never heard of Hecate being associated (or identified!) |with Aphrodite. Can you provide a reference or two please? It probably would have been better to say Hekate is associated with Aphrodite rather than identified with her. When I wrote my earlier post I was thinking of the lines in the Greek Magical Papyri (Betz, PGM IV, 2553-2558) addressed to Hekate/Selene... "Come here, she-wolf, and come here now, Mistress of night and chthonic realms, holy, black-clad Round whom the star-traversing nature of The world revolves whenever you wax too great. You have established every worldly thing For you engendered everything on earth And from the sea and every race in turn Of winged birds who seek their hearts gain Mother of all, who bore love, Aphrodite" Later (PGM IV 2752) in a love spell addressed to Hekate (Selene and Aphrodite also frequently are appealed to in love spells) we read... "Come Hekate, of fiery counsel I call you to my sacred chants... ...may she hold me alone And come subdued in heart by love's great force." At one level the association of Hekate and Aphrodite comes from the close relationship between magic and love, especially as above where magic is used to procure love. There is also the more theurgic sense of love as that which magically binds gods and humans. This association is also hinted at in the Orphic hymn to Hekate (Hogart's adaptation) which closes with... "Healer and guide, Give us pure desires Accept our love and bless us With awe in the dark." Bruce BruNelson@aol.com
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