She was the torchbearer at the threshold, the keyholder between worlds, the guardian of mothers, children, and the restless dead. Once honored in shrines and offerings of honey and garlic, Hecate was later recast as the dreaded queen of witches—a shadow to be feared instead of a guide to be trusted.

In this episode of The Forgotten Familiar, we follow Hecate’s journey, from her perspective, from goddess of light to figure of darkness, tracing how her story was twisted, what that rewriting cost those who remembered her, and why her torches still burn in spells, rituals, and whispered prayers today.

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Let the old ways rise again.

Music by Rockot from Pixabay

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