Hestia

Also known as ΕΣΤΙΑ, Εστία, Histia, Vesta

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.

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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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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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Image: Hestia - Wellesley College - DSC09634.JPG
Number of children: 0

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Commons category: Hestia
name in native language: Ἑστία

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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 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.