dasting. can this be reconciled with triple crossroads? The Hecate angle may be the basis for dog COMMs
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In ancient hymns and writings, the goddess Hekate’s arrival is heralded by the baying of hounds. She is flanked by dogs on ancient Greek pottery, stone carvings, and statues. Even in modern symbolism, dogs attend Her.
The first symbolism of the “black bitch” was the legend of the Trojan Queen Hekabe who leapt into the sea after the fall of Troy. Hekate took pity on her and transformed her into a black female dog, which became Her familiar 23. In certain towns in Ancient Greece, black female dogs were sacrificed to “Enodia of the Wayside [Hecate]…at night”24.
The three-headed hound, Cerberus (Kerberos) who guarded the entrance way to the Underworld was also connected to Hekate. The fearsome Cerberus was on guard to keep the living from entering Hades and the souls of the dead from leaving. The poisonous herb aconite, also a symbol of Hekate, was thought to grow wherever the foam from Cerberus’s mouth landed on the ground 25. A series of paintings on Early Hellenistic vases show Hekate in Hades along with Cerberus 26
http://hekatecovenant.com/resources/symbols-of-hekate/dogs/