Apollo "working from afar". While Apollo presided over the prophetic powers and magic of light and heaven, Hecate presided over the prophetic powers and magic of night and chthonian darkness. If Hecate is the "gate-keeper", Apollo "Agyieus" is the "door-keeper". Hecate is the goddess of crossroads and Apollo is the god and protector of streets. The oldest evidence found for Hecate's worship is at Apollo's temple in Miletos. There, Hecate was taken to be Apollo's sister counterpart in the absence of Artemis. Hecate's lunar nature makes her the goddess of the waning moon and contrats and complements, at the same time,
Brother and Sister (Greek fairy tale) Brother and Sister (Greek fairy tale) "Brother and Sister" is a Greek fairy tale collected by Georgios A. Megas in "Folktales of Greece". It is Aarne-Thompson type 403A, The Wishes. A brother and sister were poor. And once a chance to do some work let the brother buy some sardines, he gave them to his sister to keep for their evening meal. And it came to pass that three women occasioned their house and asked to rest. And the sister let them in and gave unto them the sardines. And the women told her that when she combed her hair,