Hécate - A deusa das bruxas: Origens, mitos, lendas e rituais da antiga deusa das encruzilhadas (Portuguese Edition)

She had threefold power from fire: the Fire of Inspiration, manifesting in poetry; the Fire of the Hearth, manifesting in midwifery and healing; and the Fire of the Forge, manifesting in exquisite smithcraft and all the martial arts.

It is sometimes called the “woman who lives at the end of time,” or the “woman who lives at the edge of the world.” And this criatura is always a creator-hag, or a death Goddess, or a maiden in descent, or any number of other personifications.

Brigit, the Exalted One. Also known as Bridgit, Brigindo, Bride, and Mistress of the Mantle, she is a goddess of fire, the forge, light and the sun, wells and springs, healing, childbirth, poetry, smithcraft, and martial arts.

Daughter of the Dagda, Brighid is another member of the Tuatha de Danann who evolved from a pre-Celtic society, and is believed to have originally been a Sun deity.

In Greek mythology, Hecate tends to be seen as a powerful outsider. She is adopted by the Olympians, but never lives among them. And yet, in the earlier myths, Zeus grants her dominion over the Earth, the seas, and even the heavens, and she appears to be his equal.