(May 7, 2023) The goddess Kate (Hekate) is the source goddess of the the life powers of the Ancient Pagan Paradigm. She corresponds to dark places such as caves and the under-dome region region below the earth plane.
Kate's power is the absorber and transformation of life. Her masculine complement is the god Alu who creates life. The word "Kate" means "depleter power" in Akkadian while "Hekate" means "Hu's depleter power." Hekate absorbs life power out of things in order to transform them. In regards to Hu she takes his spiritual fertility-fluids (filtrate) which are manifested as light, heat, and rain and collects them under the earth. She is the divine succubus.
Besides fertility fluids, dark places like caves and under-dome are the home of spirits waiting to be reborn. Hekate also became associated with subterranean waters and deep pools, anything which was though to be a pathway to the under-dome.
Kate was first presented to moderns by Greek writer Hesiod (500 BCE) as Hekate in his book Theology. Hekate was not a part of the traditional Greek Pantheon again indicating she was not an Indo-European goddess. He says this about Hekate starting in line 404:
Again, Phoebe came to the desired embrace of Coeus. Then the goddess through the love of the god conceived and brought forth dark-gowned Leto, always mild, kind to men and to the deathless gods, mild from the beginning, gentlest in all Olympus. Also she bore Asteria of happy name, whom Perses (Destroyer) once led to his great house to be called his dear wife. And she conceived and bore Hecate whom Zeus the son of Cronos honored above all. He gave her splendid gifts, to have a share of the earth and the unfruitful sea. She received honor also in starry heaven, [415] and is honored exceedingly by the deathless gods.(Feb 18, 2023)
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