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Hecate – Mythopedia 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
Asteria – Mythopedia 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
Perses – Mythopedia 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
Empusa – Mythopedia Empusa was a kind of spirit, often likened to a phantom or ghost, with the ability to assume different shapes Sometimes she transformed into a terrifying creature to frighten travelers; other times she appeared as a beautiful woman to seduce young men and feed on their flesh
Medea – Mythopedia Medea was the daughter of Aeetes, the king of Colchis, and a highly skilled witch When Jason and the Argonauts came to her homeland to steal the Golden Fleece, she fell in love with Jason and sacrificed everything to help him
Selene – Mythopedia Selene, daughter of Hyperion and Theia, was the personification of the moon and a goddess of the night The love of her life was the handsome Endymion, who became Selene’s eternally slumbering consort
Minerva – Mythopedia 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
Persephone – Mythopedia Persephone was the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, the wife of Hades, and the queen of the Underworld Her most important myth tells of how Hades abducted her, then tricked her into eating something in the Underworld so that she could never leave Not even her mother, Demeter, could bring her home
Greek Underworld Gods – Mythopedia The Greek Underworld gods comprised the various deities associated with death and the afterlife Perhaps the most important of these gods were Hades and Persephone, the king and queen of the Underworld
Mage Names - Mythopedia From Circe and Hecate in ancient Greece to “The Lady of the Green Kirtle” in C S Lewis’ The Silver Chair, mages capture our imaginations because of their hidden, supernatural knowledge about worlds beyond our own The category of “mage” is just as broad as its names, which is why you’ll see influences from nearly every culture