An Essay About Hestia

Hecate, was the daughter of both Perses and Asteria who were Titans. Perses (her father) name when translated means “destroyer”, while on the other hand Asteria (her mother) name when translated means “the starry one”. With the strength, knowledge and power given to her by both parents, Hecate was finally born. She was given the strength, power and control over the sea, heaven and earth. A picture of Hecate can be seen as having three bodies while holding a torch in one of her hands. Her name was originally translated to mean the goddess of the moon. She grew up to be a beautiful young woman who was known for being helpful with decision making for those around her. An example of this is was during a story she was featured in, helping Demeter (also known as the goddess of harvest and fertility) to look for her daughter, Persephone

Hera is the Greek goddess of marriage, childbirth, empire, and kings. Her parents are god and goddess Cronus and Rhea. Hera has five other siblings: Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, and Demeter. When Hera was born her siblings were swallowed by her father Cronus. She is the sister and wife of Zeus, who is the main god. The Greeks thought it was okay for the gods to marry their sisters or brothers. Hera herself has five children; Ares, who is the god of war, Hephaistos the god of metalworking, Hebe, goddess of youth and brides, Eileithyia, goddess of childbirth, and Eris, the goddess of strife. Hera was born with great beauty. She is a brunette with big blue eyes. Her powers are immortality, the ability not to get hurt, super strength and she can bless and curse marriages. She was also able to protect women from death during childbirth. One of her weakness is jealousy, she is very jealous

 Hera was the goddess of childbirth. Hera's name was Dione before she got married to Zeus. Her name connects to the creation of Eve out of Adam.   While in the Book of Genesis is Adam and Eve are the beginning of the family of man.

Hera, the Greek goddess of childbirth and marriage, was the wife and sister of Zeus. She was the Queen of Olympian Deities. People knew her as the most beautiful and powerful goddess, but she had a bad side to her.

As a goddess, she not only was a mother goddess, she, with her husband the god Osiris, taught the arts of civilization to humans, and supported the reign of the Pharaohs, or kings, of ancient Egypt.

Hera: Queen of all the gods and goddesses, she is the goddess of marriage and family. Her symbols are the Peacock and the Cow. Hera is sister to Hades, Poseidon, and also wife of Zeus. Zeus had an affair with a mortal and had a kid named Heracles. When Hera heard about it she got mad so she decided to punish Heracles for it and sent snakes to attack him in his crib.

Daughter of Cronus and Rhea, sister of Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hera, and Hestia. Mother of eight children.

She was a powerful magician and a skillful healer, and protected the young and the ill. The goddess represented all things feminine, and the qualities of a good wife and mother. The moon was a symbol of Isis. She was said to know all secrets. She also created and nurtured all living things.

The history of Greece was filled with gods and goddesses. The greatest god was Zeus, and his daughter Athena showed to be nothing less of him. Athena carried with her the traits of a successor of the great Zeus. She was born right out of his head. Zeus at the time was espoused to Metis, and she was fated to give birth one of two children- a girl or a boy.

There is a lot of interesting information about what Vesta was like as a goddess. “Vesta was the goddess of the hearth, the home, and domestic life in the Roman religion” (ancient.eu). In Greek mythology, she “identified with the Greek goddess Hestia” (ancient.eu). Many of the Roman gods are portrayed by statues, however, “unlike most of the other gods and goddesses, Vesta was never represented by a statue of any sort, for she was thought of as being the hearth-fire herself” (Usher, 19). Vesta was also viewed by the Romans in a peculiar way. In Roman mythology, her father eats Vesta and her siblings, and “being the first one eaten, she was the last to be released, so the romans considered her both the oldest and the youngest of the gods” (mythology.net). She was often depicted followed by her spirit animal, a donkey (mythology.net). Also, since she is the goddess of the hearth, her symbol is the hearth. While there are not many stories in mythology about Vesta, there is one story that shows a gripping part of

Hera is the Queen of the gods and is the wife and sister of zeus in the Olympian pantheon. She is known for being the Goddess of Marriage & Birth. Despite being the Goddess of Marriage, she was known to be jealous

She was loving, alluring and most important she was drop dead gorgeous. She was even considered the most beautiful goddess in Olympia, her name is Aphrodite. Aphrodite represents various values but her most known are beauty, love, sexuality and fertility.

daughter of Zeus and Leto and twin sister of Apollo. goddess of wildlife and patroness of

Hestia is a goddess of Hearth, Marriage, home, and family. Hestia's Roman or Latin name is Vesta. Almost all homes had a shrine dedicated to Hestia. she was the protector of orphans and homes. The hearth is an eternal flame in which Hestia possessed and protected. When honouring her in one's home it was said the home was to be strong, stable and protect those all who were in the dwelling. Unlike her fellow gods and goddesses, Hestia's shrines were majority in the home. only a few public temples like Prytaneions, which were a meeting halls which were dedicated to worship the strongest connection of honoring hesitia was the place she protected. Scarifies were given to Hestia first and always shared with the other gods and goddesses. if ever fire

Hecate was a goddess or is a goddess in Ancient Greek religion, and mythology, most often shown holding two torches or a key and in later periods depicted in triple form. She lives in the underworld. Some symbols of Hecate are Paired Torches, dogs, serpents, keys, polecat, and daggers. Her parents are Perses and Asteria.