The origins of the greek gods many times they are not 100% Greek. It is the case of the goddess Hecate, whose roots go back to the Carian tribe, in Asia Minor. However, to this day Hecate arrives as a goddess from ancient Greece.
It is thanks to the Homeric hymn to Demeter and her appearance in Hesiod's Theogony that she becomes a goddess of great presence who manages to have many followers, especially in Thrace. His most important temple was in Lagina, one of the theocratic city-states that was near Stratonicea, a Macedonian colony. The goddess Hecate he had eunuchs as servants. Another of his sanctuaries was inside the temple of Artemis, in Ephesus, where there were also eunuchs.
Hesiod tells a little about the life of Hecate: she was the daughter of Asteria, goddess of the stars and sister of Leto, mother in turn of Apollo and Artemis. Therefore, Hecate was a cousin of these other gods and the grandmother of the cousins was none other than Phoebe, a titan who represented the Moon. The relationship between Hecate and her grandmother established that she was also a lunar goddess. The story goes that as the cult of Hecate spread throughout Greece, there were problems since her role was already covered by others. Gods of Greek mythology, Némenis or Artemis, especially.
Finally the role of Hecate andShe volutes and ends up looking more like a sorceress than a goddess. She is described as a beautiful, dark-haired woman with magical powers, who does not feel fear. She is currently one of the goddesses that those who practice neo-pagan religions tend to take.