Hecate (disambiguation)

Hecate is an ancient Greek goddess.

Hecate or Hekate may also refer to:

In art

The Triple Hecate, a color design created in 1795 by William Blake

In fiction

• Hecate (Dune), a fictional character in the Legends of Dune series of books
• Hecate (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics character
• Hecate (Shakugan no Shana), a character in the manga and anime series Shakugan no Shana
• Hecate, the chief witch/goddess of witchcraft in Macbeth
• Hécate, a 1982 French-Swiss film

In military

• HMS Hecate, the name of five ships of the Royal Navy, including:
  • HMS Hecate (A137), a Royal Navy deep ocean survey vessel of the Hecla class
• PGM Mini-Hecate .338, powerful French-designed and -manufactured sniper rifle
• USS Etlah (1864), a single-turreted, twin-screw monitor, briefly named USS Hecate
• PGM Hecate II, a French anti-materiel rifle and the standard heavy sniper rifle of the French Army

In music

• Hecate (musician), a breakcore artist
• Hecate Enthroned, symphonic black metal band from the North of England

In other fields

• 2,5-Dimethoxy-4-ethylamphetamine, a psychedelic drug known as HECATE
• 100 Hekate, an asteroid
• Hecate Strait, a wide body of water separating the Queen Charlotte Islands from the mainland of British Columbia
• Hecate, an 0-8-0 tank locomotive built for the Kent & East Sussex Railway
• Hecate (journal), Australian feminist academic journal