Hestia 

by: Mia Bonner and Morgan Vicknair

The goddess Hestia reigns?

Over the cooking of bread and the family meals

She is the Greek goddess of the sacrificial fire or the hearth (or the area in frount of the fire place.

Goddess’s symbol:

The hearth

Origin of Hestia:

She was the first of her siblings to be swallowed by her father at birth. Although, out of all of her siblings, she was the last to be disgorged. She was named the oldest and youngest of the six kronides. when both Apollon and Poseidon asked for her hand in marriage she refused. Instead she asked her brother, Zeus, to let her remain an eternal virgin and Zeus accepted. She tended the hearth in Olympus and every hearth on earth was her alter.

Poems or supplemental writings with Hestia:

Hestia Poem
By Melia Suez, CO

Hestia, maiden pure,
Has no desire for love.
First and last born,
Her hand was sought
By Sea and Light.
Completely unwilling,
Stubborn even,
She refused to be a matron,
Swearing on the head of the Father
To be maiden all her days.
Given was she, honor high,
A place in every home and temple
And the richest offerings,
both first and last.
Hail Hestia, Chief of the Goddesses
May you warm my home
And make all who enter welcome.

Music that is associated with Hestia: