Cast in the finest resin before receiving a bronzed finish. Hecate is a goddess in ancient Greek religion and mythology, often associated with crossroads, entrances, light, magic, witchcraft, knowledge of poisonous herbs and plants, ghosts, necromancy, and witchcraft. Here she is depicted as a singular being holding a light torch, flanked by her dogs. Dogs were a common sacrificial animal in rituals to invoke the goddess, and the sacrificed dog was often eaten, but some theories hold that Hecate's dogs were actually shadows or demons