Hecate is an Olympian goddess of the Underworld and a villainess in Disney's Hercules: The Animated Series. Hecate was voiced by Peri Gilpin. Hecate is the goddess of witchcraft and of the night. She longs to take over the Underworld from Hades in much the same way he longs to take Olympus from Zeus. According to Pain and Panic Hecate is far evilier than Hades and indeed Hecate has shown that while Hades seeks to rule Olympus her planned stewartship of the underworld would be ushered in by killing every mortal on earth. Hecate has tried on numerous occations to usurp Hades but been stopped by Hercules despite his enmity with Hades. Hecate feels that the Underworld should be hers and the only reason Hades recived rule of it was that he was Zeus' brother. Hades claims that Zeus gave him the