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<\/p>\nThis post is part of a blog challenge series, 30 Days of Devotion to Hekate.\u00a0 Day 18, we\u2019re moving along.\u00a0 Today we\u2019re looking at what qualities I admire about Hekate and which qualities trouble me.<\/p>\n
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Well, this should be interesting and fun. \u00a0There are many qualities I admire in Hekate, but I can really only think of one that troubles me.<\/p>\n
Independence<\/strong><\/p>\n I have mentioned a few times that Hekate is a maiden in perhaps not the virginal sense, but in the sense that She is an independent woman and doesn\u2019t rely on males to help Her.\u00a0 I like this about Her, a lot.<\/p>\n Compassion<\/strong><\/p>\n This is actually one of the values that we of the Covenant of Hekate (CoH) are supposed to focus on for ourselves, in Her name.\u00a0 Compassion is shown to Demeter when Hekate finds Her and tells Her of what She heard of Kores capture.\u00a0 She didn\u2019t have to do this.\u00a0 We have no records of Hekate being any friend of Demeter (they may have been, we don\u2019t know).\u00a0 The Gods were not always all that helpful to one another.<\/p>\n But She chose to help Demeter and by doing so, offered comfort and hope.<\/p>\n Justice<\/strong><\/p>\n Hekate sided with the younger Gods against Her own contemporaries, Her own generation of Titans and Her elders.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 She isn\u2019t any sort of warlike Goddess, so it wouldn\u2019t have been for pleasure.\u00a0 I can only think it is because She saw the right in siding with the younger Gods instead of the elder.\u00a0 She saw the wrong in what the Titans were doing to the younger Gods.\u00a0 This is also another of the values we of the CoH are supposed uphold.<\/p>\n Wisdom and Knowledge<\/strong><\/p>\n Hekate is the one who can help us to discover wisdom and knowledge, especially hidden knowledge.\u00a0 Even that within ourselves.\u00a0 I like wisdom and knowledge, so this is certainly something I admire.\u00a0 Wisdom is also a CoH value.<\/p>\n Courage<\/strong><\/p>\n Hekate pushes us to face the unknown, face the future and past, face our hidden selves and the secrets and truths of those around us.\u00a0 These things take courage for us to face, and She helps us with that too.\u00a0 It must have taken some courage for Her to face Her own family and help the younger Gods in the war against the Titans.\u00a0 It must have felt like a betrayal of some kind \u2013 but She had the courage to face that.\u00a0 How can She not inspire that same courage in us too?\u00a0 Courage is also a value of the CoH.<\/p>\n Humour<\/strong><\/p>\n Humour is my thing, I am hilarious.\u00a0 It\u2019s pretty obvious.\u00a0 Okay I am not so humorous on this blog, sometimes, but not often.\u00a0 But if you go look at my personal Facebook you\u2019ll probably die from my the laughter that overwhelms you.\u00a0 Seriously.\u00a0 I am funny as.\u00a0 At least I think so anyway.<\/p>\n But Hekate, well, there are really only two things that I notice I never encounter with Hekate \u2013 sexual anything (which doesn\u2019t bother me) and humour.\u00a0 I get the feeling that what I find funny, She does not.\u00a0 Those things I laugh at, She scowls at.\u00a0 Those things that would offend most people to experience, they make me laugh because there is something terribly wrong with me \u2013 but I don\u2019t think She likes that in me.<\/p>\n I am amusingly self-deprecating, I make fun of myself, my parenting abilities, my homeschooling, my religiousness, my intelligence. I make fun of my kids, and my friends (to their faces, they do it back). I am sarcastic and sardonic. I take plenty of things seriously, but there are things I should take seriously \u2013 or that others in my position would take seriously \u2013 that I just laugh about.<\/p>\n People call me names \u2013 I laugh, in true amusement.\u00a0 People tell me I worship the devil, I laugh and tell them the devil is a pussy.\u00a0 People tell me I will go to hell, I laugh and say I hope so, because at least then I will be warm.\u00a0 People make statements about homeschooling and I laugh and then lament about how I don\u2019t have a basement to lock my kids in, as a good homeschool mum should.<\/p>\n I get the feeling that Hekate doesn\u2019t find any of these things funny and does not, in any way, approve of the way I handle these situations.\u00a0 I get the feeling She enjoys taking things seriously and She doesn\u2019t, perhaps, understand how I can or why I do laugh about it all.<\/p>\n I have never heard anyone speak of Hekate as being humorous.\u00a0 But that doesn\u2019t mean She isn\u2019t, with others.\u00a0 Just with me, She is not a funny Goddess.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t really find this troublesome, but it is something that I kind of wish were different.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 30 Days of Deity\u00a0Devotion<\/b><\/p>\n 1\u00a0<\/b>\u2013\u00a0A basic introduction of the deity 30 Days of Devotion to Hekate. Day 18, we’re moving along. Today we’re looking at what qualities I admire about Hekate and which qualities trouble me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2764,"featured_media":699,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,71,13],"tags":[112,66,22,113,8,41,20,32,19,29,25,117],"class_list":["post-698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hellenism","category-lore-myth","category-paganism101","tag-30-days-of-devotion","tag-blog-series","tag-deities","tag-hecate","tag-hekate","tag-mythology","tag-opinion","tag-paganism","tag-personal","tag-polytheism","tag-religion","tag-upg"],"yoast_head":"\nTroublesome Qualities<\/h2>\n
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\n<\/a>2<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0How did you become first aware of this deity?
\n<\/a>3\u00a0<\/b>\u2013\u00a0Symbols and icons of this deity
\n<\/a>4<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0A favourite myth or myths of this deity
\n<\/a>5<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Members of the family \u2013 genealogical connections
\n<\/a>6<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Other related deities\u00a0and entities associated with this deity
\n<\/a>7<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Names and epithets
\n<\/a>8<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Variations on this deity (aspects, regional forms, etc.)<\/a>
\n9<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Common mistakes and worst misconceptions about this deity<\/a>
\n10<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Offerings \u2013 historical and UPG<\/a>
\n11<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Festivals, days, and times sacred to this deity<\/a>
\n12<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Places associated with this deity and their worship<\/a>
\n13<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 What modern cultural issues are closest to this deity\u2019s heart?<\/a>
\n14<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Has worship of this deity changed in modern times?<\/a>
\n15<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Any mundane practices that are associated with this deity?<\/a>
\n16<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 How do you think this deity represents the values of their pantheon and cultural origins?<\/a>
\n17<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 How does this deity relate to other gods and other pantheons?<\/a>
\n18<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 What quality or qualities of this god do you most admire? And find the most troubling?
\n19\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Art and music that reminds you of this deity
\n20\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 A quote, a poem, or piece of writing that you think this deity resonates strongly with
\n21\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Your own composition \u2013 a piece of writing about or for this deity
\n22<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 A time when this deity has helped you, and refused to help
\n23\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 How has your relationship with this deity changed over time?
\n24\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Something you wish you knew about this deity but don\u2019t currently
\n25\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Any interesting or unusual UPG to share?
\n26\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Any suggestions for others just starting to learn about this deity?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"