Hecate

Duwies mewn crefydd a mytholeg Groeg hynafol yw Hecate (Hen Roeg: Ἑκάτη). Dangosir hi'n aml yn dal pâr o ffaglau, allwedd, neu nadroedd, neu yng nghwmni cŵn, ac mewn cyfnodau diweddarach, mae'n cael ei darlunio fel un â thair ffurf neu dri chorff. Mae hi'n gysylltiedig â chroesffyrdd, y nos, y golau, hud, dewiniaeth, cyffuriau, a'r Lleuad.<ref name="Mwebster525"/}}Seyffert, s.v. Hecated'Este, Sorita & Rankine, David, Hekate Liminal Rites, Avalonia, 2009. Ei hymddangosiad cynharaf mewn llenyddiaeth oedd yn Theogony gan Hesiod yn yr 8fed ganrif CC fel duwies o anrhydedd mawr gyda pharthau yn yr awyr, y ddaear, a'r môr. Roedd ganddi ddilynwyr poblogaidd ymhlith gwrachod Thessalia, a chysegr pwysig ymhlith Cariaid Asia Leiaf yn Lagina.Burkert, p. 171. Daw'r dystiolaeth gynharaf ar gyfer cwlt Hecate o Selinunte, yn Sisili.

Roedd Hecate yn un o nifer o dduwiau a duwiesau a addolwyd yn Athens hynafol fel amddiffynnwr yr oikos (y tŷ), ynghyd â Zews, Hestia, Hermes, ac Apollo. Yn ôl y Chaldean Oracles (2il–3ydd ganrif OC) Hecate oedd â rhyw reolaeth dros y ddaear, y môr, a'r awyr, ynghyd â bod yn Iachawdwr (Soteira), Mam Angylion a'r Enaid Byd Cosmig (Anima Mundi).Johnston 1990. Parthed natur ei chwlt, yn ôl rhai, "mae hi'n fwy cyffyrddus ar y cyrion nag yng nghanol amldduwiaeth Roegaidd. Yn gynhenid ​​​​amwys a pholymorffaidd, mae hi'n croesi ffiniau confensiynol ac yn osgoi diffiniad."Henrichs, s.v. Hecate.

Roedd y Rhufeiniaid yn ei galw yn Trivia, enw arall sydd hefyd ar Diana, y ddwy yn amddiffynwyr teithio a'r croesffyrdd (trivia, "tair ffordd"). Cysylltir Hecate â Diana ac Artemis yng nghyfnod Rhufain.Green, p. 133

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 Myths of the Greek Goddess Hecate
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 Theoi Project, Hecate Classical literary sources and art
 Hekate in Greek esotericism : Ptolemaic and Gnostic transformations of Hecate
 Cast of the Crannon statue, at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
 Hecate from Mythopedia
 Ancient texts on Hecate, from Tiresias: The Ancient Mediterranean Religions Source Database.

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