Hecate

“Goddess Hecate, work thy will... Before thee let the unclean thing crawl!”

―Amy Madison^[src]

Hecate, referred as "goddess of creatures great and small" and "queen and protector of witches,"^[1] was a higher being frequently invoked in spells of transmogrification.^[2]^[1]^[3] According to Willow Rosenberg, Hecate hated when rituals invoking her were disrupted and required starting over.^[3]

Behind the scenes

In ancient Greek religion, Hecate is a goddess associated with crossroads, entrance-ways, night, light, magic, witchcraft, knowledge of herbs and poisonous plants, ghosts, necromancy, and sorcery.

Appearances

Canonical

"Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" (Only mentioned)
"Gingerbread" (Only mentioned)
"Him" (Only mentioned)
"Orpheus" (Only mentioned)

Other

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Classic

The Dust Waltz (Only mentioned)
The Blood of Carthage, Part Four (Only mentioned)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer novels

Child of the Hunt (Only mentioned)
Sons of Entropy (Only mentioned)
The Willow Files, Volume 1 (Only mentioned)
The Evil That Men Do (Only mentioned)
Blood and Fog (Only mentioned)
Chosen: The One (Only mentioned)
Chaos Bleeds (Only mentioned)

Crossover novels

The Burning (Only mentioned)
Door to Alternity (Only mentioned)
Heat (Only mentioned)

Video games

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Xbox) (Only mentioned)

References