Hecate Phosphorus

“o MASTER HELlOS and Sacred Fire

o spear of Hekate of the Crossroads

Which she bears as she travels Olympus

And dwells in the holy triple-ways of the Earth

She who is crowned with oak-leaves

And the coils of wild snakes.

o Night-bellower, Lover of solitude, Bull-faced and Bull-headed One

You have the eyes of bulls and the voice of dogs.

Your forms are hidden in the legs of lions.

Your ankle is wolf-shaped, and savage dogs are friendly to you,

Wherefore they call you Hekate, Many-named, Mene,

Cleaving the air like arrow-shooting Artemis.

o Goddess of Four faces, Four names, Four ways,

Artemis, Persephone, Deer-shooter, Night-shiner,” – Ancient Hymn to Hecate