HECATE, in Pagan worship, a goddess called Luna in heaven, Diana on earth, and Hecate in the infernal regions. But others represent her as a distinct deity. She was the goddess of the infernal regions, and of inevitable fate. She presided over streets and highways, for which reason she was called Trivia; and the doors of houses being under her protection, she was called Proptea. She was also famous for her skill in poisonous roots and herbs, incantments, and magical arts, in the practice of which her name was constantly invoked.