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Hymn to Hecate (Ancient Greek Goddess of Magic) – a mystical-sounding improvisation for replica ancient Greek kithara; handmade in modern Greece by Luthieros:
Hecate is a goddess of Greek mythology who was capable of both good and evil. She was especially associated with witchcraft, magic, the Moon, doorways, and creatures of the night such as hell-hounds and ghosts. She is often depicted carrying a torch to remind of her connection with the night and in sculpture with three faces, representing her role as the guardian of crossroads.
According to Hesiod in his Theogony, Hecate is the daughter of Perses and Asteria, making her the granddaughter of the Titans Phoebe and Coeus. Euripides, on the other hand, mentions her mother is Leto. Other writers claim her as the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, Aristaion or Night. The goddess was frequently associated with Demeter and even assimilated to her in some cults.
From the 5th century BCE, the goddess is associated with the darker side of the human experience, that is death, witchcraft, magic, the Moon, dreams, fierce hounds and creatures which roam the darkness of night…
To invoke the feeling of mystery, the timbre of my kithara in this piece is modified with some trippy contemporary sound effects – to hear more of how the ancient lyres can be ascended into instruments fitting for our far flung future, please check out my 2017 album, “Ascension of the Lyre” – out on all major digital music platforms, including iTunes, Amazon & Spotify:
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