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No, she was the goddess of wilderness and childbirth.

She was also known as a goddess over magic, witchcraft, and crossroads.

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Where did Hecate the goddess live?

The Underworld.


Was hecate married to hades?

No, Hades was married to Persephone, daughter of the Olympian Goddess Demeter. Hecate is a Goddess with an uncertain mythology, though often associated with Persephone and the Underworld.


In Greek mythology who were the parents of Hecate?

Hecate was an underworld or moon goddess in Greek mythology. Her parents have been listed as either Perses and Asterie or Zeus and Asterie among others.


Did Hecate want actual friends and family?

Hecate was the daughter of the Greek Titan god of destruction, Perses and Asteria, a Titan goddess of of the oracles and prophecies of night, including prophetic dreams, the reading of the stars (astrology), and necromancy. She then had sway over heaven, earth, and sea; it was Hecate who aided Demeter in her search of Persephone in the Underworld, and as goddess of the crossroads, she was successful in this; she became Persephone's minister and companion in the Underworld, so I say she had both.


What is the monster Hecate?

Hecate was not a monster but the Goddess of Magic.


Is hecate's dog kerebos a girl or a boy?

Kerberos, the Hound of Hades which guards the Gates of the Underworld is male. Hecate's dog is Trojan Queen Hekabe, who leapt into the sea after the fall of Troy and was transformed by the goddess into her familiar.


Who is the goddess of the dead?

There is no goddess of death. There are several female spirits associated with war and suffering, and some goddesses associated with the underworld, like Persephone, queen of the Underworld, and Hecate, goddess of magic, but no "goddess of death." Thanatos is the personification of death, what we today think of as the Grim Reaper, and Hades was lord of the underworld and therefore the dead.


How long was Hecate a goddess for?

Hecate has been a goddess since she was born, and will be forever, because no Greek god/goddess will die.


Who what when where how and why facts about persephone?

Who: Persephone, daughter of Zeus and Demeter What: Goddess of Spring and Queen of the Underworld When: Persephone as the daughter of Demeter was born a goddess of Spring; upon her abduction to the Underworld by Hades, she became his wife and Queen of the Underworld Where: Somewhere in Greece. How: Persephone is goddess of Spring when Hermes and Hecate escort her to Earth from the Underworld, where she is greeted by Demeter and the Seasons: when Persephone returns to the Underworld she goes in Autumn Why: Persephone exists to explain the seasons in a fundamental way.


Who was the Greek god Hecate?

hecate is the greek goddess of the crossroads.


What can Hecate's kids do?

Hecate said to be a purely virgin goddess.


Which goddess is witch crafter?

The goddess of witchcraft is Hecate.