Hecate becomes Persephone’s chaperone as she moves between the worlds. As time went on, Hecate became increasingly depicted as a frightening hag, associated with the waning Moon and restless spirits, ultimately becoming known as the Goddess of the Dead.

their existence serves to illustrate the necessity of both light and dark, and life and death.

For example, the God is associated with the wand and the Goddess with the cauldron.

Finally, there is one form of Wicca that practices a rather extreme departure from the traditional forms, in that the Goddess is revered above and beyond, and even to the exclusion of, the God. This is known as Dianic Wicca, or Dianic Witchcraft, and was founded in the United States in the early 1970s. Envisioned as a safe space for women and a way

Government decisions, particularly those related to war, were never undertaken without consulting the appropriate deities first. This was done through various methods of divination, including dream interpretation, observing animal behavior (in particular the flight patterns of birds), and “scrying” from the entrails of animal sacrifices.

As Geb’s eldest son, Osiris inherits his father’s kingdom, and becomes the first Pharaoh. But another sibling in this family, Set, is jealous and murders Osiris in order to gain the throne. The body of Osiris is—depending on the version of the story—hidden and/or dismembered and scattered throughout the country. Isis, however, manages to find the

Initially a hunting goddess associated with the forest and wild animals, Diana eventually became closely associated with the Moon.

Their energy begins to wane then at Lammas, when the harvesting begins and the days are once again becoming noticeably shorter.

some Wiccans choose to work only with deities from “lost” religions, such as that of the ancient Egyptians, Celts, or Norse.