Hestia

Name: Hestia
Parents: Cronus, Rhea
Goddess of: The Hearth
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Roman Name: Vesta
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Patroness of:
Notes: The only virgin goddess other than Artemis, Hestia was the most honored goddess of all, but the least talked about. As the goddess who guarded the hearth and the home, she was not to be gossipped about, so she rarely appears in myths.


Origin of Hestia:
Cronus the Titan was told that one day, his son would overthrow him. In fear, he swallowed his children right after his wife Rhea gave birth. The five children were Hades, Poseidon, Demeter, Hera and Hestia. Their younger brother, Zeus then rescued them from their father and they proceeded to take over the Titans and imprison them in the Underworld.

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