shadesandshadows: Hecate (or Hekate), 1901, pastel by Maximilian Pirner, Czechoslovakian, 1854-1924. The three-bodied goddess in this very unusual artwork holds a key, a sword and a torch. The key may be a symbol for the afterlife; the sword a symbol for war or death and the torch a symbol of light to show the way.   Hecate is the Greek-Roman goddess of witchcraft, magic, crossroads, necromancy, wilderness and childbirth. Quite a combination for one goddess to oversee.

shadesandshadows:

Hecate (or Hekate), 1901, pastel by Maximilian Pirner, Czechoslovakian, 1854-1924.

The three-bodied goddess in this very unusual artwork holds a key, a sword and a torch. The key may be a symbol for the afterlife; the sword a symbol for war or death and the torch a symbol of light to show the way.

  Hecate is the Greek-Roman goddess of witchcraft, magic, crossroads, necromancy, wilderness and childbirth. Quite a combination for one goddess to oversee.

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