Hestia
Sign in to saveIn ancient Greek religion and mythology, Hestia (; ) is the virgin goddess of the hearth and the home. In myth, she is the firstborn child of the Titans Cronus and Rhea, and one of the Twelve Olympians.
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Hestia was an ancient Greek goddess who presided over the hearth and home, representing the center of domestic life and family. As the firstborn child of the Titans Cronus and Rhea, she held an important place in Greek religion as one of the twelve major Olympian deities.
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Key facts
- Deity.type
- Greek
- Deity.name
- Hestia
- Deity.image
- Hestia Giustiniani.jpg
- Deity.caption
- The Giustiniani Hestia
- Deity.god_of
- Goddess of the domestic and civic hearth, the home, sacred and sacrificial fire, family, and the state
- Deity.member_of
- the Twelve Olympians
- Deity.abode
- Delphi and Mount Olympus
- Deity.symbol
- The hearth and its fire
- Deity.animals
- Pig
- Deity.parents
- Cronus and Rhea
- Deity.siblings
- Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, Zeus
- Deity.Roman_equivalent
- Vesta
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16 sectionsContents
- Origins and etymology
- Mythology
- Origin
- Virgin goddess
- Connection with Rome's foundation myth
- Status and attributes
- Equivalence
- Worship
- Shrines, temples and colonies
- Hymns, odes and oaths
- Hestia tapestry
- Genealogy
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Hestia (; ) is the virgin goddess of the hearth and the home. In myth, she is the firstborn child of the Titans Cronus and Rhea, and one of the Twelve Olympians.
In Greek mythology, newborn Hestia, along with four of her five siblings, was devoured by her father Cronus, who feared being overthrown by one of his offspring. Zeus, the youngest child, escaped with his mother's help, and made his father disgorge all his siblings. Cronus was supplanted by this new generation of deities; and Hestia thus became one of the Olympian gods, the new rulers of the cosmos, alongside her brothers and sisters. In spite of her status, she has little prominence in Greek mythology. Like Athena and Artemis, Hestia elected never to marry and remained an eternal virgin goddess instead, forever tending to the hearth of Olympus.