Hestia

    Hestia "the goddess of the hearth" //Created by Emmy Hackshaw!//

** Six Quick Facts about Hestia! ** 1. __HESS__-e-uh 2. Goddess of the hearth and home, her job was to keep the flame of the hearth burning 3. Passive, non-confrontational attitude, never fought or argued 4.Daughter of Kronus and Rhea, sibling of Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades 5. One of the original 12 Olympians, but gave up her seat to avoid confrontation 6. Never left Olympia, had a kind of boring life/job

//Hestia, the goddess of the hearth and of the right ordering of domesticity and the family.// In the ancient Greek myths, Hestia received the first offering of sacrifice from every household. Whenever a new colony was established, flame from Hestia's public hearth would be carried to the new colony. It was said that Hestia had a very passive, non-confrontational way about her, you will see some examples of this in later stories.  Family and Birth Hestia is one of the Great Goddesses of the first Olympian generation. Hestia, Demeter, and Hera were the first Olympian generation. She was described as both the oldest and the youngest of the daughters of Rhea and Kronus and the sister to three brothers, Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades. Immediately after the birth of the children, the father, Kronus, swallowed all of the siblings, except for the youngest...Zeus. Zeus later rescued his siblings and led them in a war against Kronus and the other Titans. Hestia is considered to be the oldest and the youngest child because she was the first to be devoured by the father, and the last to be rescued. The term "Hestia comes first" means two things, she was the first child, and also the first sacrifices of a family went to Hestia. She is called a "virginal" god. God's like Poseidon and Apollo tried to court her, but she refused to give up her virginity. Therefore Hestia was never married, and obviously never had children. As an Olympian Hestia was one of the original twelve Olympians. Of all of the Gods of Olympia, Hestia had the fewest conflicts. Many people think this is due to her passive behavior. Hestia gave up her seat as an Olympian, to avoid quarrel between the Gods. She left, and spent her life tending to her sacred hearth on Mount Olympus. Her seat as an Olympian was filled be Dionysus (the god of wine).

//"Hestia Full of Blessings"// "Hestia full of Blessings" 44 x 53 inches Egypt, 6th century Scan from 1945 book Documents of Dying Paganism Dumbarton Oaks Collection, Washington D.C.

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