Hecate

a mysttrious godde wha ‘was apparently unknown to the Greeks of Homeric times and may be of Oriental origin. She makes her first appearance as a godde having power over earth, heaven, and sea. This - triple power may perhaps give the clue to the fact that in art she is occasionally represented as a triple figure. Her power was above all displayed in the~ matter of ghosts. She also herself appeared as a bogey, with torch and sword, and snakes for hair; or_she might appear as a dog, a mare, a lione , ora cow. As her appearance was the sign for dogs to bark, so she wag supposed to be accompanied by a train of Stygian dogs.