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Epithets of the Holy Mother: Protection

I've looked to find some epithets of the Mistress Hekate to aid in prayers and petitions for protection against harm:

Hekate Adamantaea - Hekate, the Unconquerable Goddess Hekate Alexeatis - Hekate, Averting of Evil Hekate Alkimos - Hekate, who is Strong and Powerful Hekate Apotropaios - Hekate, Averter Hekate Aregos - Hekate, Helper Hekate Chthonia - Hekate of the Earth Hekate Damasandra - Hekate, Who Is the Dominator of Men Hekate Damnodamia - Hekate, Subduing of the Subduer Hekate Einalian - Hekate who is of the Sea Hekate Ephoros - Hekate, the Guardian Hekate Episkopos - Hekate who Watches Over Hekate Epitelchea - Hekate who is the Stronghold Hekate Katakampsypsaychenos - Hekate, Bender of Proud Necks Hekate Kratais - Hekate, who is the Dominator Hekate Kyria - Hekate, who is the Supreme Hekate Lampadephoros - Hekate, who warns of Night Attacks Hekate Limenoskopos - Hekate, who watches the Threshold, Who watches the Harbour Hekate Lochias - Hekate, Goddess of Childbirthing, protector over birthing Hekate Medusa - Hekate who is the Protector/Gorgon Hekate Melinoe - Hekate who is the Soothing One Hekate Paggenneteira - Hekate, Who is Mother to All Hekate Pandamateira - Hekate, who is Master of All, Subduer of All Hekate Panopaia - Hekate, who sees all Hekate Pasikrateia - Hekate, who dominates all Hekate Pasimedeonsa - Hekate, the All-Guarding One Hekate Phylake - Hekate, who is guarding and watchful Hekate Theroktomos - Hekate, Slayer of the Beast Hekate Tletos - Hekate, Patient One

Hekate Soteira - Hekate, the Savioress

Source

The Many Epithets of Hekate | Mat Auryn (patheos.com)

Celebrating Samhain

Samhain, pronounced "SAH-win", is the eighth Sabbat and final spoke on the Wheel of the Year. With ancient Celtic origins, Samhain was one of the four fire festivals, and falls at the halfway point between the Autumn Equinox ans Winter Solstice. Opposing Beltane on the Wheel, Samhain also similarly features a 'thinning of the Veil', a time when the barrier between our world and that of spirits and other magickal entities is weakened and easier to cross. While Beltane famously is a strong time to interact with the Fae due to the Veil thinning, Samhain is most known for interactions with spiritual entities, the dead, and ancestors.

Samhain is also known as the third and final Harvest Festival (the first being Lughnasadh, and the second Mabon). The frost is coming, and most of the produce has been collected from the fields and stored away. As people prepared for oncoming harsh weather and lack of food/resources, they had to cut back on everything that wasn't crucial to their survival. Thus, this festival was the time of the animal harvest. All creatures who could not be fed through the harsh Winter were harvested during this time, and celebrated for their sacrifice.

Other names for Samhain and similar celebrations include:

• Halloween

• All Hallow's Eve

• The Witch's New Year

• The Third/Final Harvest

• Calan Gaeaf, "The First Day Of Winter"

• Oiche Shamnhna

• All Soul's Day

• All Saint's Day

• Devil's Night

Common Samhain Traditions

• The Dumb Supper is when a meal is hosted and consumed by the living, but the dead and spirits are invited to participate and given seats and places at the table as a sign of respect. Often the windows are all open during a Dumb Supper to invite the spirits into a home. Sometimes specific spirits or ancestors are invited or the invitation is simply left open to any spirits that wish to attend. The living attendants traditionally eat in silence to honor the spirits and hear their messages.

• Carving Jack-O-Lanterns originally came from the myth of "Stringy Jack", which is an Irish folktale about a man who tricked the Devil and now has to wander the world with a lit piece of coal protected inside a carved turnip. This evolved into people carving their own turnips and potatoes and placing them in windows or doorways to scare away Stringy Jack and other tricky or potentially harmful spirits. Once Irish immigrants came to America, the tradition was continued with pumpkins.

• Trick-Or-Treating is also derived from old Samhain traditions. The Celts believed that by dressing up they were disguising themselves from negative spirits who wandered the Earth on Samhain. In the Middle-Ages, "guising" was when children or impoverished people would dress in costumes and go door-to-door begging for food in exchange for songs or prayers. This practice was known as "souling" and the participants called "soulers". In Ireland, the practice of "mumming" involved dressing up in costumes and going door-to-door to sing in exchange for tasty cakes and baked goods.

Samhain Correspondences

Colors:

• Black

• Green

• Orange

• Purple

• Red

• Silver

Crystals:

• Black Obsidian

• Bloodstone

• Amethyst

• Black Tourmaline

• Carnelian

• Jasper

• Jet

• Malachite

• Iolite

• Onyx

• Vivianite

• Ruby

• Smokey Quartz

• Garnet

Herbs/Plants:

• Cedar

• Allspice

• Cinnamon

• Hemlock

• Sage

• Rosemary

• Patchouli

• Hazel

• Dittany of Crete

• Bay

• Clove

• Belladonna

• Dragon's Blood

• Wormwood

• Mandrake

• Mugwort

• Snapdragon

• Gourds

• Nutmeg

• Frankincense

• Ginger

• Pine

• Hyssop

• Marigold

Animals:

• Bats

• Snakes

• Cats

• Spiders

• Scorpions

• Coyotes

• Jackals

• Dogs

• Wolves

• Foxes

• Crows

• Ravens

• Owls

• Rats

• Stags

Food/Drink:

• Pumpkins

• Cider

• Beef

• Chicken

• Pork

• Cranberries

• Turnips

• Potatoes

• Garlic

• Soups/stews

• Pears

• Corn

• Ale

• Apples

• Grain

• Pies

Deities:

• Hekate

• Lucifer

• Anubis

• Loki

• Lilith

• Morrigan

• Nyx

• Hades

• Persephone

• Osiris

• Apollo

• Cerridwen

• Hel

• Freya

• Demeter

• Bast

• Mercury

• Yama

• Dis

• Herne

Magickal Workings:

• Spirit Work

• Ancestral Work

• Banishing

• Cleansing

• Divination

• Baneful Magick

• Shadow Work

• Rebirth/Resurrection

• Transformation

• Creativity

• Defensive Magick

• Preparation

• Ambition

• Purification

• Protection

Bonus: Samhain Incense Recipe

• 2 parts Rosemary

• 1 part Frankincense

• 1 part Cinnamon

• 1 part Cloves

• 1 part Patchouli

• 1/2 part Sage

• 1/4 part Hyssop

• Pinch of Sea Salt

Here's some inspiration pics of what you can do with them -

Someone captured the solar eclipse on an airplane

This rare first edition of Margaret Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind" was used to conceal a .32-caliber pistol (1941)

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The Sound of Music (1965) dir. Robert Wise

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