Goddess.
    The following deity appeared twice. Well, it is possible this is the same deity, but it is equally possible these are two separate individuals, for Hecate has many helpers.
    '...The first time, I saw no special light appear in the temple, only a rather ugly female face appeared above the altar. Not old, just ugly. Her nose looks squashed and flattened and without saying anything I was pulled really viciously downward, and I seriously dreaded the destination. I thought of the Devourer's realm and Hades' labyrinthine Underworld, but then we changed direction, we moved sideways and then I realised where we were going...
    To Hecate's realm. It is as if it is half way into the Underworld. 
    I started shaking and she just threw me down onto the floor of Hecate's great stone chamber and there were her trophies, the skulls. This deity stomped and stood above me and glared:
    "This is where I work. I help the mighty Hecate. I am a great Goddess in my own way and you honour me today. I collect souls and bring them here. You could call me Collector. I am very powerful and therefore as I have been chosen to speak and have pulled you roughly I give you a gift. NOT to be used today, but at some other time soon. The gift of power." 
    She just lifted me and hurled me back and I landed with a thump in the temple.

Several months later a Goddess appeared, three metres tall, again rather ugly. She has a twisted mouth, thick bulbous nose, cruel slits for eyes, dark brown hair scragged back, and I could see she has large ears. She is well-built but not fat. This time she was wearing a grey gown, calf-length rather than ankle-length. It was sleeveless and I could see muscular arms.
    "I am the Goddess Metyas and I help the great and mighty Hecate. I am one who leads mortals to her."
    Again I was violently yanked from the temple and I felt I was being pushed into a dingy corridor with an uneven stone floor with rough stone walls, just wide enough for two people to walk, but it was fairly high. She was half by my side, half behind me and in her right hand she held a pleated whip of leather. I was being pushed not pulled and every so often she cracked the whip. It didn't hit me but it made the sound and I was extremely frightened. Then again I was pushed into Hecate's chamber and again she wasn't there.
    "I am just showing you the work I do. The great and mighty ones have attendants and today you honour me. You may now return. I cannot give blessings but I wish you well and I give you the gift of acquiring great knowledge of us."