(^334) A Wiccan Bible
Incense Recipe
3 parts Sandalwood
2 parts Cypress
1 part Mint
1 pinch Belladonna (optional)
Enough Sandalwood essential oil to bind
Oil Recipe
10 drops Myrrh essential oil
6 drops Cypress essential oil
4 drops Patchouli essential oil
1/2 ounce base oil
Hehaka—Male—North America
Animal association: Elk
‘Elk’—A name used today to reference a
Lakota and Dakota god of the hunt. However,
it is unclear if that name was used initially as a
god form, as the Spirit of the Elk, or simply as
a name to describe the Elk. Today, the word is
used more often in reference to some of the
great Earthly or formerly Earthly leaders of the
various tribes and the resurgence of the Na-
tive American traditions, most notably as
Hehaka Sapa (Black Elk).
Heimdall—Male—Northern Europe
(Also known as Heimdallr, Gullintani)
Animal association: Ram
The guardian of Asgard who requires little
sleep in his duty to prevent invasion. It is told
that at Ragnarok, he will kill Loki, but he dies
shortly after Loki of injuries he received in the
battle.
Heket—Female—Africa
(Also known as Heqet, Heka, Hekat)
Lover: Khnum
Animal association: Frog
Plant association: Cypress
Egyptian goddess of Life and Death. She
watches over both childbirth and the transi-
tion of the soul at death. She is depicted as
either a frog or a beautiful woman with a frog’s
head. In her honor, an amulet of a frog is worn
by women who hope to conceive. That amulet
is then hung over a child’s crib for the first year
of its life that the goddess may know to watch
over the child.
Hel—Female—Northern Europe
(Also known as Hell)
Father: Loki
Mother: Angurboda
Animal association: Wolf
Plant association: Elder
Norse ruler of Helheim (house of Hel/
Hell), the Underworld where the souls of those
who cannot rise to the Hall of their Patron/
Matron will sink at the death of their body. Her
lore is rather shattering to the neo-Pagan who
claim Hell is a Christian invention. One of the
three children of Angurboda and Loki in which
we see the number three as the number of not
only good fate, but also of ill fate. The other
two children are Jormungand and Fenrir.
Helblindi—Male—North Europe
Father: Farbauti
Mother: Laufey
A blind Scandinavian Underworld god.
Many cite him as brother to Loki. His name is
sometimes cited as an alternative name for
Odin. I don’t agree.
Helen—Female—Mediterranean
(Also known as Helen of Troy)
Father: Zeus
Mother: Leda
Greek woman who was so lusted after that
when she became of age all the eligible bach-
elors (and a few ineligible) sought her hand.
Concerned that should one triumph over all
the others their marriage and his kingdom
would be harmed by the anger of those many
that did not win her hand, her step-father, King
Tyndareus, gathered all the suitors and told
them that none would have her hand until all
swore that they would with mind, body, and
soul support whom ever it would be that would
have her hand in marriage. He then an-
nounced that Menelaus would have her hand.
After a time, she ran off with Paris (or maybe
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