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Which witch is which? Well, we know which witch this which is: Hecate, Greek goddess of witchcraft, magic, and the crossroads. This lady is often shown as a three-headed goddess holding torches (um, awesome), and she can usually be seen chilling with her pet polecat and a dog or two. Hecate can get kind of a bad rap—after all, she digs walking around at night with ghosts and other spooky creatures. All in all, though, Hecate is actually more Good than Wicked. Her most famous good-deed-moment was helping Demeter find her daughter, Persephone, after Hades dragged the young goddess down to the Underworld. As if that weren't enough, Hecate is still worshipped—yep, today—by Neopagans and Wiccans all over the place. Talk about staying power.

Basic Information

Name	Hecate
Nickname	Hekate, Trivia(l Pursuit), White Magic Woman
Sex	Female
Current city	The Underworld

Work & Education

Occupation	Goddess of Crossroads, Magic, and Witchcraft (yeah, it's a pretty sweet gig)
Education	Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (and you thought it was fiction…)

Beliefs

Political views

Pro-Zeus

Family & Friends (& Enemies)

Parents	Perses (Dad)—not Perseus, people Asteria (Mom)
Siblings	I'm an only child (muahaha)
Children	Nope (well, some say that Skylla is my kid, but that would have taken some serious magic, since I'm a sworn virgin)
Friends	Persephone (I see it as my duty to keep this sweet girl company when she's in the Underworld) Demeter Cerberus (a very misunderstood pooch, if I do say so)
Enemies	Klyotis, the giant (I did set him on fire, so I can't blame him for hating me) Kronos (the old king of the Titans is still angry that I sided with Zeus during the War of the Titans)

Relationships

Relationship status	Single (sworn virgin)
Interested in	Nobody (see above)

Favorites

TV Shows	True Blood The Vampire Diaries (like I said, guilty pleasure) Ghost Hunters Charmed
Quotations	"Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business." – Tom Robbins "There is no art in turning a goddess into a witch, a virgin into a whor*, but the opposite operation, to give dignity to what has been scorned, to make the degraded desirable, that calls for art or for character." – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (yeah, I'm well read, what can I say?) "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference." – Robert Frost, "The Road Not Taken" "I went to the crossroads, fell down on my knees Asked the Lord above, have mercy now, Save poor Bob if you please." – Robert Johnson
Books	Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire Medea by Euripides "The Day is Done" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Frankenstein by Mary Shelley "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe Macbeth by William Shakespeare Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer "Circe's Power" by Louise Gluck
Music	Black Magic Woman by Santana Crossroads by John Mayer Blue Moon by Billy Holiday Ghost Song by The Doors I Put a Spell on You by Nina Simone River by Joni Mitchell Happy Phantom by Tori Amos Crossroad by Robert Johnson
Movies	Dark Shadows Ghost Practical Magic The Craft The Others The Witches of Eastwick The Raven Hocus Pocus (hey, everyone has a guilty pleasure) Mirror Mirror

Activities & Interests

Likes	The Moon Ghosts Watchdogs Crossroads Torches Trivial Pursuit Harry Potter
Interests	Feminism Witchcraft Necromancy The Paranormal
Groups	Titans Gods and Goddesses of Olympus (I'm one of the few Titans who gets this honor—NBD) Fans of Ghost Hunters Harry Potter Fan Club