Hecate
The Dark One
Hecate (or Hekt) was a Greek goddess, who descended from the Titans. She had two separate and distinct aspects. In the daytime, she had a benign influence on farming, but during the dark of night, she was interested in witchcraft, ghosts, and old tombs. Hecate combined the aspects of fertility with the aspects of death and used them as power over the earth. She is sometimes portrayed as having three faces. Once a month, the people in Athens, would show their respect towards her, and place special food offerings at crossroads, for this was where her influence could be felt.
Courtesy of: Tome of Classical Mythology
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