SPOOKY SPECIAL: She Gives, She Takes Away, the Goddess Hecate & Her World of Witchcraft

Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold

Liv Albert

History, Comedy, Arts

4.8 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Revisiting the Supreme Spooky... Hecate! We look at everything there is to know about Hecate, all powerful goddess of witchcraft, and some real life women accused of witchcraft in ancient Greece. Find all six years of Spooky Season content on this Spotify Playlist! Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content!

CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.

Sources: Early Greek Myths by Timothy Gantz; Theoi.com entries on Hecate and Hesiod's Theogony; Heroines of Olympus; Underworld Gods in Ancient Greek Religion both by Ellie Mackin Roberts; Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds by Daniel Ogden; Magic in the Ancient Greek World by Derek Collins.

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0:30.0	Well, hello, look at us just days away from Halloween, I'm so ridiculous.
0:38.4	This is Let's Talk About Myths Baby and I am live here with yet another bonus spooky
0:43.8	episode revisiting last year's spooky season, you know, it's just because I can because
0:49.2	I wanted to because spooky season is the best I've been doing this for six years and sometimes
0:54.2	they're really good and I want you all to hear them again so I will force it upon you.
0:58.6	You know, I also, I didn't pick these bonus episodes all from last year on purpose, I kind
1:03.9	of wish that they were more spread out, but these are some of my best.
1:08.2	And thus, you know, here we are again, today we are once again returning to the realm of
1:12.5	ancient witchcraft because it's not only a favorite topic of mine, but it's also a favorite
1:17.2	topic of the ancient world and thus some of the best content that we have when it comes
1:22.2	to this realm of ancient horror, which is some of the most ancient creatures and concepts
1:28.4	across the globe and gods we love them for it.
1:32.2	So today we are revisiting Hecate and her line of witches, everything witchy from ancient
1:37.8	Greece, Hecate, she who is everything and mysterious as all hell.
1:50.9	The Staria conceived and bore Hecate, whom Zeus, the son of Chronos, honored above all.
1:58.5	He gave her splendid gifts to have a share of the earth and the unfruitful sea.
2:05.2	She received honor also in starry heaven and is honored exceedingly by the deathless gods.
2:12.2	For to this day whenever any one of men on earth offers rich sacrifices and prays for
2:18.6	her favor according to custom, he calls upon Hecate.
2:23.6	Great honor comes full easily to him whose prayers the goddess receives favorably and she
2:29.6	bestows wealth upon him for the power surely is with her.
2:34.9	For as many as were born on earth and ocean amongst all these, she has her due portion.
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