Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Hestia



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Hestia was the virgin goddess of the hearth. Hestia was the eldest child of the Titans, Cronus and Rhea. The Romans called her Vesta.
Hestia was one of the children to be swallowed by her father. Later, Cronus was tricked into drinking emetic, and vomited her and her siblings out. She was the last to leave her father's belly. So, in a way, she was both first-born (from Rhea) and last-born (disgorged from Cronus).
After the war against the Titans, Hestia managed to persuade her brothers, Poseidon and Hades, and her nephew, Apollo, of her wish to remain a virgin. According to the Hymn of Aphrodite, she sworn an oath upon the head of Zeus of not wedding to anyone and remain forever chaste and untouched by sexual love; such oath forced Poseidon and Apollo to find wives among other goddesses, or else they risk confrontation with Zeus.
According to the Fasti, the Roman poet Ovid wrote that Priapus, son of Dionysus and Aphrodite, had almost raped Hestia, when she and the other gods had fallen into a slumber after a feast. Hestia (Vesta) only woke up when she heard an ass braying as the god was on the point of mounting her. The goddess' scream frightened off Priapus.
Although, there is very little information about Hestia in myths and literature, Hestia was nevertheless an important goddess in both Greek and Roman religions.
In the Homeric Hymns To Hestia, she attends the house of Apollo (temple) in Delphi. She was held in the highest honour, both among the gods and among mortals. She was worshipped everywhere, because there are hearths in every home and temple. Each city kept a hearth that had a consecrated fire burning perpetually in a chief public building. Fire from this hearth was taken whenever they sought a new colony.
Mortals, when holding banquets, would pour wine in offerings to the goddess, both first and last: one to open the banquet, and the other to close it (possibly referring that she was first-born and last-born status, as mentioned earlier). At the beginning of every meal at home, a small offering was thrown into the hearth flame. A song was sung in her praise, welcoming the goddess to the home.
After a newborn baby was given a name, the infant was carried to the hearth, where someone prayed for a blessing upon the child.
For the Romans, she was the all-important household goddess, the goddess of the hearth and the hearth fire. Her temple was situated within the Palatine in Rome, where the Vestal Virgins maintained the burning of the sacred fire.



10 comments:

  1. Hestia was the virgin goddess of hearth. She persuaded Poseidon, Hades and Apollo of her wish to remain a virgin. She was worshipped everywhere because theirs hearths in every temples and homes.

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  2. hestia was the goddess of hearth. Her wish was to remain a virgin and never be touched which forced her brothers to find love elsewhere. Hestia was almost raped by Priapus after she and other gods fell asleep after a great feast. She is known as the goddess of the home and is the god people go to to bless their children

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  3. Hestia was the virgin godess of the hearth. She sworn an oath with Zues to remain a virgin and unwed, leading Poseidon and Apollo to find wives elsewhere. One day she almost raped while sleeping, but woke up and scared Priapus off the mountain.

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  4. Hestia is a virgin goddess, she wanted to stay that way and remain with no sexual contact. When she was asleep priapus had tried to rape her, but she was woken up by a donkey. She is the highest honored among mortals and gods

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  5. she was the goddest of earth and promised to remain a virgin . she was cheered on and worshipped cause of her hearths and she was alomst raped by priapus

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  6. she was the goddess of hearth. she wished to stay a virgin and never been touched and she made her brothers find love somewhere else. hestia was almost raped but was not. she is know to be the goddess of home.

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  7. hestia was the virgin goddess of hearth and was the first and the last born. she wished from her brothers to stay a virgin.

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  8. Hestia was born from Rhea and Cronus, and she was considered first and last born. First born from Rhea, last born from being disgorged from Cronus. She stayed a virgin and she is the goddess of the hearth.

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  9. Hestia, also called Vestia by the romans, was the virgin goddess of hearth. Priapus tried to rape hestia, but she scared him off. in homes, a song of praise was sung, welcoming her.

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