Horae Goddess
Laura S in The Magical Circle School Resource Library discusses how Horae is a Greek Goddess and Roman Goddess of time. She rules over the seasons, as well as, every hour of the day. Horae makes sure that life’s order and nature is kept in order. She works to strengthen our awareness of earth’s cycles and time.
Monaghan discusses how Horae is a “collective goddess” and is found in various groupings. These groups with Horae were goddesses “…of natural order and seasons.” They ruled the order of the society of humans.
I think Grimassi explains it best when he says that Horae was a goddess of a three-fold nature. She is connected to the seasons and the growth of the plants. Her name comes from the Greek word for time and hours, “…the period of growth and maturity.” Horae is a goddess of agriculture.
As previously mentioned Horae is both a Greek and Roman Goddess. In this case, I …show more content…
am not sure where to say that Horae originated. The fact that she rules the seasons is enough to show that she can be considered a Nature God.According to Guiley, in Greek mythology, Hecate was a powerful goddess who became the patron of magic and witchcraft. Hecate has three parts: goddess of plenty and fertility, goddess of the moon, and queen of ghosts, shades, and night.
The author goes on to say that in today’s witchcraft, Hecate is usually connected with the moon trinity, the Triple Goddess. She governs the waning moon and the dark moon. Guiley sees this as the two-week span that is best for magick. These stages of the moon deal with releasing, planning, banishing, and introspection. She can be called upon for justice.
Wigington discusses how Hecate or Hekate was a “Thracian” as well as a pre-Olympian Greek goddess. She governed the realms of earth and fertility rituals. She is the goddess of childbirth. She can be invoked for “rites of puberty.” Hecate was known to protect young girls who were starting to menstruate. Eventually, Hecate evolved into being seen as a goddess of magick and sorcery.
Some modern Pagans and Wiccans celebrate Hecate as a Dark Goddess. But, she is not an aspect of the Crone. It is likely that her being regarded as the dark goddess comes from her association with the spirit world, ghosts, and the dark moon and magick. When she is invoked it must be done with all sincerity and seriousness.
Grimassi writes in his book “Encyclopedia of Wicca and Witchcraft” that Hecate is the oldest goddess in Western culture to be connected to Witchcraft.
Within Greek culture, Hecate was a goddess of the moon, the Underworld, enchantment, and night spirits. She is in the class of goddesses called the “torchbearers.” These goddesses were deities of the moon. They carried the knowledge of the spirit worlds and held the secrets of Nature within themselves. Another name for Hecate was Anthea, the “sender of visions.”
Hecate is known by the Greeks as “mother of gods and men, nature and mother of all things. Hecate is said to have controlled birth, life, and death. She had power over the lands of heaven, earth, and the Underworld. She was also known as the “Triformis” which is a named shared by the Roman deity Diana.
Monaghan has a viewpoint that I have not found a lot of sources to confirm. I add it here to add variety and diversity. She discusses how Hecate had three heads so she could look three ways. Her heads consist of a serpent, a horse, and a dog. Hecate was loved by the people around
her.
According to Monaghan, Hecate’s origins are unclear. She may have been Thracian and then she traveled south, or she might have emerged from the East Central Asia. Hecate must have liked her alone time because she was the most solitary of Greek divinities.
Monaghan discusses how Horae is a “collective goddess” and is found in various groupings. These groups with Horae were goddesses “…of natural order and seasons.” They ruled the order of the society of humans.
I think Grimassi explains it best when he says that Horae was a goddess of a three-fold nature. She is connected to the seasons and the growth of the plants. Her name comes from the Greek word for time and hours, “…the period of growth and maturity.” Horae is a goddess of agriculture.
As previously mentioned Horae is both a Greek and Roman Goddess. In this case, I …show more content…
am not sure where to say that Horae originated. The fact that she rules the seasons is enough to show that she can be considered a Nature God.According to Guiley, in Greek mythology, Hecate was a powerful goddess who became the patron of magic and witchcraft. Hecate has three parts: goddess of plenty and fertility, goddess of the moon, and queen of ghosts, shades, and night.
The author goes on to say that in today’s witchcraft, Hecate is usually connected with the moon trinity, the Triple Goddess. She governs the waning moon and the dark moon. Guiley sees this as the two-week span that is best for magick. These stages of the moon deal with releasing, planning, banishing, and introspection. She can be called upon for justice.
Wigington discusses how Hecate or Hekate was a “Thracian” as well as a pre-Olympian Greek goddess. She governed the realms of earth and fertility rituals. She is the goddess of childbirth. She can be invoked for “rites of puberty.” Hecate was known to protect young girls who were starting to menstruate. Eventually, Hecate evolved into being seen as a goddess of magick and sorcery.
Some modern Pagans and Wiccans celebrate Hecate as a Dark Goddess. But, she is not an aspect of the Crone. It is likely that her being regarded as the dark goddess comes from her association with the spirit world, ghosts, and the dark moon and magick. When she is invoked it must be done with all sincerity and seriousness.
Grimassi writes in his book “Encyclopedia of Wicca and Witchcraft” that Hecate is the oldest goddess in Western culture to be connected to Witchcraft.
Within Greek culture, Hecate was a goddess of the moon, the Underworld, enchantment, and night spirits. She is in the class of goddesses called the “torchbearers.” These goddesses were deities of the moon. They carried the knowledge of the spirit worlds and held the secrets of Nature within themselves. Another name for Hecate was Anthea, the “sender of visions.”
Hecate is known by the Greeks as “mother of gods and men, nature and mother of all things. Hecate is said to have controlled birth, life, and death. She had power over the lands of heaven, earth, and the Underworld. She was also known as the “Triformis” which is a named shared by the Roman deity Diana.
Monaghan has a viewpoint that I have not found a lot of sources to confirm. I add it here to add variety and diversity. She discusses how Hecate had three heads so she could look three ways. Her heads consist of a serpent, a horse, and a dog. Hecate was loved by the people around
her.
According to Monaghan, Hecate’s origins are unclear. She may have been Thracian and then she traveled south, or she might have emerged from the East Central Asia. Hecate must have liked her alone time because she was the most solitary of Greek divinities.