Mar 9, 2023 · Hecate, daughter of Asteria and Perses, was a powerful but mysterious goddess usually associated with magic, witchcraft, and the Underworld. Though often an object of dread, Hecate was sometimes seen as a kind goddess and a protector of justice.

Mar 11, 2023 · Asteria, wife of Perses and mother of Hecate, was a Titan associated with celestial bodies. Relentlessly pursued by Zeus and Poseidon, she transformed into a quail and ultimately an island to escape their unwanted advances.

Dec 5, 2022 · Perses was the son of the Titan Crius and his wife Eurybia and was often numbered among the Titans himself. He married Asteria, another second-generation Titan, with whom he fathered Hecate, a goddess of witchcraft.

Mar 22, 2023 · Empusa was a shape-shifting spirit or phantom from Greek folk religion. She was connected with the grim Underworld goddess Hecate and was said to take on different shapes to frighten travelers. Sometimes she would appear with …

Nov 29, 2022 · Medea was the daughter of Aeetes, who ruled the remote kingdom of Colchis. A descendant of the gods and a priestess of Hecate, Medea was a powerful witch and magician herself. She fell in love with Jason when he came to Colchis with the Argonauts to steal the Golden Fleece from her father. In fact, Medea was so in love that she betrayed her ...

Feb 27, 2023 · Mormo continues to rear her terrifying head in contemporary pop culture. Her name appears in H. P. Lovecraft’s short story “The Horror at Red Hook” (1925), for example, on an inscription to Hecate, Gorgo, and Mormo.

Mar 9, 2023 · Persephone was often invoked on curse tablets under her Underworld title Despoina. Curse tablets were engraved texts that called upon a god, usually a “chthonian” god associated with the Underworld (such as Hecate, Hermes, or Gaia), to punish or harm an enemy, who would generally be named in the text. Pop Culture

Dec 9, 2022 · Minerva was the wisest of the Roman pantheon, the patron deity of philosophy, craftsmanship, art, and strategy. A quintessentially Roman goddess, she was part of the widely worshiped Capitoline Triad, along with Jupiter and Juno.

Aug 17, 2023 · According to one author, Aeetes also had a daughter named Circe (with the witch Hecate). Mythology The Coming of Phrixus. Aeetes’ mythology was defined by his encounters with uninvited visitors to Colchis. The first of these visitors was Phrixus, a Boeotian prince whose cruel stepmother had plotted against him and his sister Helle.

Dec 7, 2022 · Selene was often identified with other goddesses, including Men (also spelled Mene), the divine personification of the lunar month; Bendis, a goddess of Thracian origin; Hecate, a goddess of witchcraft; and (especially in later antiquity) Artemis, the goddess of hunting and wild things. Like Artemis, Selene was sometimes called Phoebe, a name ...