Imvelaphi ye oothixo bamaGrike amaxesha amaninzi ayingama-100% amaGrike. Kwimeko yothixokazi Hecate, Iingcambu zabo zibuyela kwisizwe samaCarian, eAsia Minor. Nangona kunjalo, unanamhla uHecate ufika njengothixokazi waseGrisi yamandulo.
Ngombulelo kwingoma kaHomeric eya kuDemeter kunye nokubonakala kwakhe kuHesiod's Theogony ukuba abe nguthixokazi wobukho obukhulu okwaziyo ukuba nabalandeli abaninzi, ngakumbi eThrace. Itempile yakhe ebaluleke kakhulu yayiseLagina, enye yeedolophu zobukumkani ezaziseduze neStratonicea, ikoloni yaseMakedoni. Inkqubo ye- Uthikazikazi uHecate wayenabathenwa njengabakhonzi. Enye yeengcwele zakhe yayingaphakathi kwetempile ka-Artemis, e-Efese, apho kwakukho namathenwa.
UHesiod uxelela kancinci ngobomi bukaHecate: wayeyintombi ka-Asteria, uthixokazi weenkwenkwezi kunye nodadewabo kaLeto, umama ongu-Apollo noArtemis. Ke ngoko, uHecate wayengumzala waba thixo bambi kwaye umakhulu wabazala bakhe wayengenguye omnye uFebe, titan owayemele iNyanga. Ubudlelwane phakathi Hecate Kwaye umakhulu wakhe waqinisekisa ukuba wayekwanguthixokazi wenyanga. Ibali lithi njengoko i-Hecate ihlelo lisasazeka kulo lonke elaseGrisi, bekukho iingxaki kuba indima yakhe yayisele igqunyiwe ngabanye. Oothixo beentsomi zamaGrike, UNémenis okanye uArtemis, ngakumbi.
Ekugqibeleni indima Hecate kunyeuyaqengqeleka kwaye aphele ejonga ngakumbi njengomthakathi kunothixokazi. Uchazwa njengomfazi omhle, oneenwele ezimnyama onamandla omlingo, ongaziva esoyika. Ngoku ungomnye woothixokazi abathi abo basebenzisa inkolo yobuhedeni baqhele ukuyithatha.