Origins of the Goddess Hekate

A Slideshow about the earliest known origins of the Goddess Hekate.
Extracts from a timeline created by Sorita d'Este for the book HEKATE HER SACRED FIRES (www.sacredfires.co.uk)
Music by Jade Sol Luna (www.hiddenmoon.com) "Hekate Chthonia"

Hekate's origins are steeped in mystery, but it is thought that she may have originated from the Cult of the Mother Goddess Kybele, and that she may have links with the Minoan Snake Goddess ... The earliest mention of her in literature is from circa 800BCE and the earliest known depiction dates to circa 600 BCE, the first triple image to around the 5th century BCE ...

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[hersacredfires]

Thank you for the comments on this, as soon as I have a chance I will redo it with different text and more information. In the meantime have a look at the other clips in our channel, if you are interested of course :-)

[TheAvalonson]

stunning music hail Hekate )0(

[idlenessss]

It was very interesting that you included that minoan statue. As far as I know, this has no relation whatsoever to Hecate...but its interesting...was this just intuition on your part? Hecate is often associated with snakes in her earliest incarnations....But rather than being a reference to crete, it also could be a connection to the egyptian ureus, since she has compelling similarities to Isis...Of course its also worth speculating on how much crete influenced egypt or visa versa....

[idlenessss]

the image you have from 6000 BC is probably an ancestor of cybele, not hecate. Cybele had a temple at Ephesus, Hecate at the same time at Lagina.

The Carians worshipped her, it is known, long before the greeks did, or before the greeks even existed. It is a mystery where the carians came from, perhaps Minoan.

[StregaMichaela]

Slowing down how fast the text goes off the screen would help, too.

[Nyktelios1982]

i have a similar problem. Against the darker bakcground, the text should be in a other colour besides a dark one.

[JnanaNari]

I had the same problem.

[Bedazzlecat]

The text doesn't contrast with the background. I had to pause it and run it back several times to read what it was saying.