In the Ancient Greek religion, Hestia is the virgin goddess of the hearth, the right ordering of domesticity, the family, the home, and the state. In Greek mythology, she is the firstborn child of the Titans Cronus and Rhea.
Customarily, in Greek culture, Hestia received the first offering at every sacrifice in the household. In the public domain, the hearth of the prytaneum functioned as her official sanctuary, and, when a new colony was established, a flame from Hestia’s public hearth in the mother city would be carried to the new settlement.
The gods Poseidon and Apollo both (her brother and nephew respectively) fell in love with Hestia and vied for her hand in marriage. But Hestia would have neither of them, and went to Zeus instead, and swore a great oath, that she would remain a virgin for all time and never marry. Some have described her as asexual because of her unwillingness to marry or get in a romantic or sexual relationship;[citation needed] this is further supported by the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite, where Aphrodite is described as having “no power” over Hestia.
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Symbols
Thunderbolt, eagle, bull, oak
Parents
Cronus and Rhea
Siblings
Chiron, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, Zeus
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