Chthonia

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Chthonia is an epithet of the goddess Hecate emphasizing her role as an underworld and earth-associated deity linked to the hidden, chthonic realms.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chthonia canonical 2
Chthonia (in some traditions) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf epithet
theonym
appliedTo chthonic deities
earth deities
associatedWith Hecate's role as psychopomp
Hecate's role in liminal spaces
Hecate's role in magic
Hecate's role in necromancy
characterizes Hecate's connection with the dead
Hecate's hidden and subterranean powers
contrastsWith Olympian aspects of deities
denotes belonging to the earth
dwelling in the underworld
derivesFrom Greek word "chthon"
emphasizesAspectOf Hecate as earth-associated deity
Hecate as underworld deity
hasConnotation darkness
mystery
subterranean forces
hasDomain Greek mythology
languageOfOrigin Ancient Greek
refersTo Hecate
relatesTo chthonic realms
earth
underworld
semanticField chthonic
hidden realms
typeOf cult title
descriptive epithet
usedFor Hecate
usedInContextOf religious cult epithets
ritual invocations of Hecate
underworld worship

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hecate epithet Chthonia
Creusa sibling Chthonia
this entity surface form: Chthonia (in some traditions)
OASIS contains Chthonia