#which means they enable the bearer to guide others into hades and (uniquely) to exit herself
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thinking about how hecate is iconographically associated with keys and often portrayed in art holding a set of them. lesbian goddess.
#its actually really interesting bc keys depicted on mortal women mark priesthood (theyre the keys to the temple/its treasury)#but on deities keys mark a liminal function overseeing the transition into/threshold of death#--theyre the keys to the gates of hades#which means they enable the bearer to guide others into hades and (uniquely) to exit herself#so io is κλειδοῦχος (=priestess) of hera and iphigenia is κλειδοῦχος of taurian artemis#and priestesses are often shown on their funeral stelai holding temple keys to commemorate their role#but hecate is κλειδοῦχος in the divine sense and so is persephone (aeacus and anubis also)#mine
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