Computer is sort of acting up so haven't been real active but though i'd give it a go. This is more of a modern take and possibly more of an American slant as don't see to much European talk about it.
Most people are familiar with our Statue of Liberty that sits in New York Harbor. It's greeted people for many years now and has been tied to immigration and Ellis Island ever since it was presented to the US by France. While today most people only recognize the lady in her blue-green color hue I imagine most have forgotten or never realize that she was actually a copper / bronze color. Historically modeled after the Roman goddess Libertas which is where she gets the name Liberty. Additionally, most do not realize that the final product which stands in New York harbor is not the same as what was initially done in France as there were modifications.
However that is not the end of the story for many who claim that she is actually the goddess Hekate. That claim being made by both devotee's of the goddess and by other's who acknowledge it for less than ideal reasons. Some basing the claim upon the idea of Hekate's three fold union of goddess of Land (Ellis Island), Sea (New York Harbor) and Air (it's location and rising sun). SOme also basing it upon her more chthonic role as a liminal goddess with Ellis Island being a liminal spot between the old world / old life and the new world / new lives for so many people. That and the idea of restless dead being lead and drawn to or by her, yet the idea of dead never truly being dead having to be fully an idea of a corpse but one dead to one life yet not established in another life but in the in between space and restless and ungrounded. It also loosely touched upon the idea of Hekate's role in leading Persephone into the land of the living after her time in the underworld as the sun rises into the light and holding her torch (es) to guide the way and meet the dawn of the rising sun which will be Demeter's approach as Persephone climbs from the darkness (ie the ship approaching from the Atlantic).
Actually statuary wise the Statue of Liberty form wise mostly matches one known image of an Hekate statue, that being Hekate Chiaramont with its radiating ring of spikes that look like sun beams. Though the exact count is different between the two statues.
Of course this would not be complete without adding the Free Masons into the discussions. Very loosely the idea is the statue ties back to Isis and was a gift from the Free Masons of France to the Free Masons of the US. Was supposed to be used for the opening of the Suez Canal but since that failed in 1867 (?) it was then sent to the US in 1884. All part of the larger Free Mason movement and world plan.
All in all an interesting theory but does it actually tie to Hekate? It has parts that can clearly be modified to fit her story and functions. But then again I read an article that said the Statue of Liberty could also be Attis the Phrygian sun god who castrated himself and is now considered transgendered by the LGBTQ community.
Engraved upon the statue plaque:
Emma Lazarus’ Famous Poem
The New Colossus
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"