The Invincible Queen of the Dead
“I am the mistress of your charms (Shakespeare, Macbeth). This is a quote from Hecate in the play Macbeth. In the play, Act 3, Scene 5, Hecate is meeting with three other witches; when she says, “I am the mistress of your charms,” she is speaking to her fellow witches whom she is not pleased with (Shakespeare, Macbeth). Hecate was once worshipped by both the Greeks and the Romans. She was worshipped on the nights where no moon was visible. These people worshipped her for purification of their household, and to do justice for the family members that might have done a bad deed that has offended Hecate. Hecate was a well-known goddess that was the goddess of witchcraft, had a small family tree, had many sacred items and animals, and is still remembered today.
Hecate, a witch and lover of the moon, represents many superstitious phenomena. She is best known as the goddess of witchcraft, but also symbolizes many other things. Originally, Hecate was named the goddess of the earth. Zeus gave her this title because she sided with him during the war against
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283). Hecate was the daughter of Erebus and Nyx. Zeus, the god of all gods, feared Nyx because she was a dreadful and powerful goddess. Nyx is the goddess of the night. Erebus is the god of darkness and shadows. One of Hecate’s siblings, Nemesis, is the goddess of divine retribution who punishes excessive pride, undeserved happiness, and the absence of moderation. She also is the goddess of justice, retribution, revenge, and unfairness. Another sibling is the god of sleep and rest- Hypnos. Hypnos had a twin brother, Thanatos, the god of a peaceful and quiet death. Hecate’s nieces were the Hesperides, which is the collective name for the nymphs. The nymphs tend to a very dreamy garden in a in the western corner of the Earth. Hecate had a small family tree with very powerful family
She birthed the first race of humans and gods called Titans. To all gods and human alike, she was the supreme goddess. The Titan Prometheus was also a Greek god who was a clever trickster. He stole fire from the workshop of Hephaestus and Athena on Mt. Olympus and gave them to humankind as well as the mastery of metalwork. He was then, punished by Zeus for stealing the fire to give to the
The titans succeeded but Dionysus was then brought back to life by Rhea and Zeus gave him to the mountain nymphs to live there, be raised and protected. Dionysus had many siblings, most of whom were greek gods as well. Ares, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Aphrodite, Hebe, Hermes, Heracles, Helen of Troy, Hephaestus, Perseus, Minos, The Muses, and the Graces were all his brothers and sisters. He was one of the only gods who lived on Mount Olympus, but he spent a lot of his time wandering around the woods with the Maenads. The Maenards were wild women who were Dionysus sacred follows.
For instance, when Odysseus is threatened, she steps in and tells,”Hold back, men of Ithaka”(Homer.24.531) as she wants the them to stop taking revenge on each other. As Odysseus went through a lot of troubles on his way home, the Goddess Athena
Hera is the Greek Goddess of marriage, childbirth, women and Queen of the Greek Gods. Wife to Zeus and daughter to Rhea and Cronos, she was often depicted as a beautiful woman wearing a crown and holding a staff. She was one of the twelve Olympians and was the eldest of her siblings, she was said to be one of the most beautiful Goddesses, and her brother Zeus chased after her for sometime. In the myth of how Zeus tricks and seduces Hera into becoming his wife, Zeus decides to disguise himself as a cuckoo to win Hera's affection.
She is also called Minerva, Athina, or Athene. The birth of Athena was how she got her name. When Zeus was once married to Metis, and when they got pregnant, Zeus was warned that a son born to Metis would overthrow him. So, scared at the loss of his power, Zeus swallowed the pregnant Metis. That was the end of Metis, but after a time, Zeus developed a horrible headache.
Macbeth is a renowned play about a man dominated by his appetite for power, the same appetite that led to his demise. There have been many adaptations of this acclaimed play and my group’s own adaptation has added to the list. Essentially, for my group’s Macbeth scene adaptation, we decided to focus on changing the diction, setting, and characters of the original play. Diction is important in a piece of writing because it determines how the audience will interpret it. For our Macbeth adaptation we made the decision to greatly change the diction.
It reveals the possibility that she is the dominant character in their partnership. Aware of Macbteh’s weaknesses, Lady Macbeth knows that he is too gentle to carry out what she may have in mind, and that she will need to help him. As she also knows of her own weaknesses, the frailty of womanhood, she calls upon an occult force to rid herself of them. In the following quote "Come you spirits that tend to
As daughter of Ra she was known as the “eye of Ra” a fierce protector who almost destroyed mankind but was tricked with blood-colored beer that put her to sleep and gave her a hangover, stopping the carnage.
Bastet is said to have a head of a cat and the body of a human. Bastet is also said to be very protective and gentle (Donn), just like a mother cat would be (Stone). Bastet is the goddess of sexuality, home life and childbirth (“Mythology:). Bastet also had a child of her own named Mihos. Mihos is depicted to have the head of a lion (Alchin).
Ever since Hercules was a child, his stepmother Hera despised him because his father Zeus, the king of the gods, had an affair with a mortal woman who gave birth to Hercules. Hera plays the classic role of the antagonist which is seen throughout many stories,
Uni was the goddess virgin, and goddess of birth, she was married to Jupiter and she was combined with Hera, the Greek goddess of birth and marriage creating Juno, Roman goddess. The last of the major gods was Minerva the goddess of the moon, and virgin goddess of wisdom and war she was combined with Athena, the Greek goddess creating the Roman goddess
Zeus was raised by a goat so when Zeus was powerful enough he would fight his father and demanded to throw up his sibling. When he fought his father, all came out grown up and together fought his dad and the titans. Zeus sibling were Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Demeter, and Hestia. Hera, one Zeus wife’s and sister, wasn’t the first to be married to him his first wife was metis. Metis was the goddess of wisdom and was a titan.
Niobe is the daughter of Tantalus. She bore seven sons and seven daughters of her own, and she thought very highly of them. When she bragged to the gods about how wonderful her children were, she offended Leto. As punishment for the offense, Leto sent the twin gods Artemis (goddess of the hunt) and Apollo (god of music among many other things) to kill each of Niobe’s children. Niobe watched as her children were shot down one by one, and this sent her into shock.
My own fame is for wisdom among the gods --deceptions too.” (The Odyssey 13.379-384.) She acts as his advisor and protector, aiding him constantly through his journey to return to Ithaca. She even addresses the other gods about Odysseus’s situation, and “if it... pleases the
Lady Macbeth’s strong character portrayed in Act I Scene V creates suspicion of dark events later in the play. In the play, Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Lady Macbeth reveals her true character in her speech and foreshadows King Duncan’s death. Throughout her speech, Lady Macbeth reveals her lust for power and desire to kill Duncan to become queen. Although Lady Macbeth’s character is recently introduced into the play, she reveals her true self as a sadistic and covetous person which foreshadows the murder of King Duncan and Macbeth’s prophesied future.