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I think the identification of Hekate with Isis is somewhat of a historical timing issue. In part due to the issue with the spread of the Cult of Isis within the later part of the Roman Empire and how the cult and Isis in particular sort of conflated her with multiple goddesses. In many ways not diss...

I think I see where the issue arises. F535 (Scholium on Apollonius Rhodius Argonautica 3.1214): Hecate is crowned with an oak branch and snakes. In the Root-cutters Sophocles has the chorus say: Lord sun and holy fire, sword of Hecate of the roads, which she carries over Olympus as she attends and a...

Just to cover my bases I even checked the Orphic Argonautica to see if it might be included there but saw nothing. Though the Orphic Argonautica has a differing image of Hekate. Had forgotten about that as I had not read it in some time. " .. Suddenly the pit blazed up, and the deadly fire crac...

This does seem to be the case.From Apollomius Rhodius Argonautica 3.1214 the Chorus is; Lord sun and holy fire,sword of Hekate of the roads which she carries over Olympus as she attends as she traverses the sacred crossroads of the land crowned with oak and the woven coils of snakes,falling on her ...

Yeah, I have Magika Hiera. Has a 1991 Copyright by Oxford University Press, don't think there is a newer version that has been released. Been sometime since I read it but it's one of my reference books and go to sources.

Is the association with Oak confined to Sophocles' play The Root Diggers? All the mentions of Oak Leaves I am aware of come from that short passage from Sophocles' play The Root Cutters. Figure the play was performed in Athens probably between 468 and 406 as a best estimate Specifically: O Lord Hel...

The oak as Zeus tree could point towards Hekate's epithet Dione which is the female form of the name Zeus. See here: http://nehetisingsforhekate.tumblr.com/post/171352133591/epithets-dione While possible seems unlikely given the particular passages that were referenced. The Argonautica had nothing ...

Quick reply due to time restrictions my end. Hekate is described as wearing oak in fragments of Sophocles' lost play The Root Diggers (or The Root Cutters), and an ancient commentary on Apollonius of Rhodes' Argonautica (3.1214) describes her as having a head surrounded by serpents, twining through...

What's interesting is if she did transition to the British Isle it is more probable that she came as a Sea Faring Goddess more than as a goddess of Magic and Witchcraft initially. In which case there would be little to any indication of a uniform priest / priestess class or even dedicated shrines /...

What's interesting is if she did transition to the British Isle it is more probable that she came as a Sea Faring Goddess more than as a goddess of Magic and Witchcraft initially. In which case there would be little to any indication of a uniform priest / priestess class or even dedicated shrines / ...