Horae Goddess

Laura S in The Magical Circle School Resource Library discusses how Horae is a Greek Goddess and Roman Goddess of time. She rules over the seasons, as well as, every hour of the day. Horae makes sure that life’s order and nature is kept in order. She works to strengthen our awareness of earth’s cycles and time.

Monaghan discusses how Horae is a “collective goddess” and is found in various groupings. These groups with Horae were goddesses “…of natural order and seasons.” They ruled the order of the society of humans.

I think Grimassi explains it best when he says that Horae was a goddess of a three-fold nature. She is connected to the seasons and the growth of the plants. Her name comes from the Greek word for time and hours, “…the period of growth and maturity.” Horae is a goddess of agriculture.

As previously mentioned Horae is both a Greek and Roman Goddess. In this case, I
Within Greek culture, Hecate was a goddess of the moon, the Underworld, enchantment, and night spirits. She is in the class of goddesses called the “torchbearers.” These goddesses were deities of the moon. They carried the knowledge of the spirit worlds and held the secrets of Nature within themselves. Another name for Hecate was Anthea, the “sender of visions.”

Hecate is known by the Greeks as “mother of gods and men, nature and mother of all things. Hecate is said to have controlled birth, life, and death. She had power over the lands of heaven, earth, and the Underworld. She was also known as the “Triformis” which is a named shared by the Roman deity Diana.

Monaghan has a viewpoint that I have not found a lot of sources to confirm. I add it here to add variety and diversity. She discusses how Hecate had three heads so she could look three ways. Her heads consist of a serpent, a horse, and a dog. Hecate was loved by the people around