This is an Open Edition Fine Art Print on Antique Parchment of a lovely antique depiction of Hecate. The warm tone and natural flaws in the Antique Parchment add character and a Vintage charm which is difficult to portray online. Please note that the golden tone may differ slightly from the images as it is differicult to portray accurately.

Print Dimension is 12" x 8", enabling easy, off the shelf framing.

Hecate is associated with ghosts, necromancy, and magic. She is identified with crossroads, torches, and dark hounds. She was a common household deity for the Athenian—her shrines placed in doorways and city gates to both protect from restless spirits and bestow blessings and safe passage. Her worship and cult was as extensive as her various attributes, with temples and shrines scattered across the Mediterranean. As a key figure in the Persephone saga, Hecate was integral in the ancient Eleusinian Mysteries, impacting secret societies and occult rituals to this day.

Hecate is one of the original Triple Goddesses of Witchcraft, if not the primordial one. Her triplicity has defined much of Modern Pagan theology, with her stance representing the three phases of the moon, Waxing, Full, and Waning (Maiden, Mother, Crone respectively). Her mythological genealogy as the granddaughter of Phoebe and cousin to Artemis has yielded Hecate as a Goddess of the Moon in her own right, most often known as the unseen phase of the moon, the New Moon (however she is just as often associated with all moon phases).

*Frames are for illustration purposes only and are not included in the price.