Goddess Hecate Altar Candle

Pricing & History
  • Sold for
    Start Free Trial or Sign In to see what it's worth.
  • Sold Date
  • Source

    Online Marketplace

Celebrate Goddess Hecate with this lovely candle. This decorated unscented candle is just stunning for all Pagan, Celtic, Wiccan or magical persons alike. Hecate (also known as Hekate), "The Distant One" ( best known as Hecate, Greek goddess of the Crossroads) is often represented by symbols associated with her personality traits and her role as Queen of the Night.One of Hecate's duties was to ease the transition of the dying. Mid-autumn was the time of year when the "veil between the worlds" was thought to be the thinnest and most easily penetrated, a time when the laws of space and time were temporarily suspended, allowing the spirit world to intermingle with the living. As a triple Goddess, Hecate represents Maiden, Mother and Crone; mind, body and spirit; and birth, life and death.As Mistress of the Night, She represents the three stages of the lunar cycle of New, Full and Dark. Most acknowledge that Samhain is an important day to honor Hecate, as the veil between the worlds is thinnest then. As Goddess of Transition, she is able to aid us in communication between the worlds at that time. Shrines to Hecate were placed at doorways to both homes and cities with the belief that it would protect from restless dead and other spirits. Likewise, shrines to Hecate at three way crossroads were created where food offerings were left at read more