Deipnon

They're places of, uh, passage.

So one practice associated with Hecate was the Deipnon of Hecate, which is an observance around the dark moon when offerings could be left for her at crossroads.

So that practice had connections with honoring Hecate, but also with purification and with the household.

And I find it really interesting because once, once again, we are seeing this connection between the home, its boundaries, and mysterious, mysterious spaces beyond them.

Historically, offerings were left for her at three-way crossroads, often during the dark moon.

This was something called Hecate's Supper or Hecate's Deipnon.

Food offerings would be left not only to honor her, but also to appease any restless spirits that were lingering and cleanse spiritual pollution from your household before the new lunar cycle began.

Crossroads themselves have been viewed, still are viewed, as deeply magical places because they exist between destinations.