Life Source Goddess Hekate/Kate As Life Transformer and Succubus

(updated April 13, 2024)  The goddess Kate (Hekate) is the feminine life source goddess of the Ancient Pagan Paradigm. She corresponds to dark places such as caves and the under-dome region region below the earth plane and even the night sky (but not the stars in the night sky).  Her human figurines always show her with arms folded under her breasts in the shape of the under-dome. She actually goes back to the hunter gatherer period of the paleolithic.

Ancient Druid culture appears to have believed in reincarnation. Thus life is a cycle of existence between the living above the earth plane in the mortal realm and living belong the earth plane in the dark realm of the dead. Hekate represented the powers of all these dead spirits waiting for rebirth. Thus she was one source of new life while her masculine complement, the god Alu, was the other source who created new spirits instead of recycling them.  

In Akkadian, the word "Kate" can mean either "depleted powers" as a term for the dead spirits or "depleter power" as in a succubus. Her succubus role is emphased by her other common name "Hekate" which means "Hu's depleter power" where Hu is the sun god and thus the main life power of the mortal realm. As a succubus she takes his spiritual fertility-fluids which are manifested as light, heat, and rain and collects them under the earth. This is why she is often represented as a chalice.  

In her succubus role, Hekate is associated with subterranean waters and deep pools, anything which was thought to collect water and be a pathway to the dark realm under the earth. 

Kate was first presented to moderns by Greek writer Hesiod (500 BCE) as Hekate in his book Theology.  Hekate was not a part of the traditional Greek Pantheon again indicating she was not an Indo-European goddess. He says this about Hekate starting in line 404:

References

(May 1, 2023) This previously untranslated Alphabetic Akkadian text was found at Tell es-Safi which was the Philistine city of Gath. This shard is from a bowl with a smooth red slip. It reads (right to left):

Translation in Akkadian (Levant Text 9)

1. A Bu KaTe | Ku Bu T...

In English

1. This is for nourishing Kate (Hekate) | On account of nourishing t[ ]

This text was first reported in 2006 and published in 2008. It is on a type of pottery which belonged to to the time between the late Iron Age I to early Iron IIA. This dates it to about 1000 BCE. Gath was the reported home of Goliath in the Bible (1 Samuel 17). 

This pottery shard was found in an industrial/commercial area as a cast-away on the floor of a heavily used room. Based upon the number of bones on the floor this room seems to have been a food preparation area. The bowl has a thin red slip which allowed the letters to be scratched with little effort.

References

(April 12, 2024) A temple at Laginia (Λαγινία) on the outskirts of the ancient city of Stratonicea was part of a religious complex in the ancient province of Caria near modern day Turgut, Turkiye. It contained a temple of which has been incorrectly identified with Hekate based on flimsy and inaccurately identified evidence.

This temple was located near a major city known in Hellenistic times as Stratonicea which was founded on the site of an old Carian town called Idrias and Chrysaoris. It was one of the first cities founded by the Lycians (1300 - 550 BCE). According to Athens' tribute "assessment" of 425 BCE Idrias was supposed to be responsible for the payment of of six talents. Like many other Greek cities in Anatolia, Idrias is never recorded actually paying any tribute to Athens.

During the Hellistic Seleucid era (312–63 BCE) its grounds were rebuilt into one of the foremost religious centers of its time. Lagina and Stratonicea were connected to each other by a 'sacred path' 11 kilometers long, along which pilgrims could process.

References

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/East-frieze-from-the-Temple-of-Hekate-at-Lagina-depicting-the-birth-of-Zeus-Istanbul_fig3_362771103

(July 12, 2022) The two (and only two) "Minoan" snake goddess were found in one of the Knossos palace's trash pits known as the east Knossos Temple repository. It contained various damaged ritual items used during this period.  (Sinclair 2013):

1. many fragments of faience figurines 
2. vessels with molded designs
3. beads
4. molded plaques of ‘votive robes’ 
5. suckling goats
6. cattle
7. flowers
8. leaves
9. shells
10. flying fish
11. fruit 
12. a figure of eight shields 

In addition, the repository contained stone libation bowls, a large quantity of colored sea shells, clay administrative sealings, a clay tablet, ivory inlays, bone, burnt maize and stag horns. All of which were placed under a jumble of soil, gold foil and some forty ceramic amphorae and jugs which were used to provide a date for the collection of between 1650 and 1600 BCE.

References

(April 1, 2023)  Image (double lines) is that of the sky-shell.  The pointed letter "A" indicates this seal was made around 732 BCE.

Translation in Akkadian (Levant Text 60.69)

1. Lu  ALu  ISsu  Ku (Levant Text 60.69.1) 
2. Bu  Zu  APu (Levant 60.69.2)

In English. 

1. Lack of Alu involves the woman (Hekate)
2. Nourishments are emanating from the veil

Previous Hebrew Translation Attempt

Some Hebrew language scholars claim the text reads as follows: 

1. Belonging to EJyaqim

2. (son of) 'Uzzi

Reference

(Feb 26, 2023)  Kate (Hekate) is the famine life source goddess and not involved in the life network although she collects its fertility-fluids.

Translation in Akkadian (Levant Text 27)

1. Lu  TuŠu  GaBu  Nu (Levant Text 27.1)
2. KaTe  Nu  Ya  Esu   (Levant Text 27.2)

In English. 

1.  Lack of hostility will reveal the cistern (life source waters)
2.  Kate (Hekate) can not reveal the filter-fluids.

Previous Hebrew Translation Attempt

The discovery report claims the letters are (letter differences in red):

1. LTAR  BN  
2. MTHYHS  

Which makes the name:

1. "Ikkar Ben 
2. Matanyahu" 

This is a failed translation due to the following:

1. Incorrect letter assignments
2. The last letter "S" is left out of the English translation
3. Names are not a translation because they can be any cluster of letters 

References

(May 1, 2023) A different seal rises to the defense of Hekate

Translation in Akkadian (Levant Text 60.134)

1. Lu  ESu  Du  Ya  ESu (Levant Text 60.134.1) 
2. KaTe  Ku  Ya  ESu (Levant Text 60.134.2) 

In English 

1. Lack  filtrate is from not manifesting the filtrate
2. Kate is not getting involved with the filter-fluid.

Previous Hebrew Translation Attempt

Some Hebrew language scholars claim the text reads as follows: 

1. Belonging to Hoduyahu
2. (son of) Mattanyahu

References

Translation in Akkadian (Celt Text 1.5.6)

1. KaTe Pu
2. EGu

In English

1. Kate (Hekate) is opening
2. neglect