Motif
Magic control over ghosts and lower-world powers
magic_control_over_ghosts_and_lower_world_powers
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Magic Through Speech and Name. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek roman
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Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome EOS (AURORA). / PHOEBUS-APOLLO. / ROMAN APOLLO. / HECATE.; lines 2717-2760 confidence: high
In later identification with Persephone, Hecate inhabits the lower world as a malignant deity; she presides over witchcraft, haunts sepulchres, crossroads, and murder-sites, and is connected with ghosts, spectres, lower-world powers, and spells that lay apparitions to rest.
Hecate is connected with ghosts and spectres, has influence over lower-world powers, and can lay apparitions to rest by spells and incantations.
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