Selene didn't protect magic. She was the goddess of the moon. The goddess of magic was Hecate.
Selene is known as the ancient Greek goddess of the moon. She is often associated with light, magic, and cycles of time. In Roman mythology, Selene was identified with the goddess Luna.
Among the Greek goddesses which Artemis is identified with are Selene the moon goddess, Hecate the goddess of night and magic and Eileithyia the goddess of birth. Artemis is also identified with Despoine, Britomartis, Diktynna and Aphaia.
The goddess of magic is Hecate.
Selene the goddess of the moon falls in love with Endymoin and untied him with 50 daughters.so she loved him but couldn't even think about his death so she used magic to put him in a deep long sleep.this way she may see him unchanging for all eternity.Selene is a greek goddess myth. She was the goddess of the moon. She also locked herself in Endymion's eternal sleep.
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Selene was a goddess of the Moon and thus of the night, of the month, childbirth (identified with Artemis), the Moon was believed to nourish the plants and animals with her dew, the goddess of lunacy & magic (power was drawn from the Moon by witches and she was identified with Hecate).
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Εκάτη [Hecate] is the name of the ancient Greek and Roman chthonic goddess of crossroards and magic
The Greek goddess Hecate who is the goddess of the crossroads, magic, witchcraft, the night, the harvest moon, ghosts and necromancy.
A goddess. Daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia/Euryphaessa Goddess of the Moon Sister of Eos; the Dawn Sister of Helios; the Sun Loved the mortal Endymion Asked Zeus for her lovers youth/immortally and received this boon Was lover of Zeus Mother of Pandeia, Ersa, Herse, and Nemea by Zeus Mother of the 50 Mênai by Endymion
She was a triple goddess, which although not unique in mythology in general, makes her stand out in Greek mythology. She was the goddess of magic and crossroads.
Hecate a goddess in the ancient Greek religion did not die.