"[Boreas threatens :] ‘And check the oven's soaring blaze; for let me not behold some soot, the tenant of the hearth, weaving in a single wreath of torrent flame, I'll fire the roof and cinder it. But now--not yet have I blared my noble strain.’" "[Boreas threatens :] ‘Wit...
Juno- (Roman mythology) queen of the Olympian gods who protected marriage; wife and sister of Jupiter; counterpart of Greek Hera Vesta- (Roman mythology) goddess of the hearth and its fire whose flame was tended by vestal virgins; counterpart of Greek Hestia ...
Hestia (Roman Vesta), another sister of Zeus, was goddess of the hearth, and her identity included associations with stability domestic well-being, and the ritual of naming children. Other Major Deities. Hades (Roman Pluto), the brother of Zeus and Poseidon, was god of the underworld, ...
Frigg (meaning 'Beloved' in Old Norse), wife of Odin, is the Aesir goddess of home and hearth, and family matters. Freya (meaning 'Lady' in Old Norse) is the Vanir goddess of lust, gold, love, fertility, death, war and magic. Both Frigg and Freya are claimed to be the most beaut...
APOIIO god of music 362017-07 2 DEMETER goddess of the harvest 262017-07 3 HADES God of the underworld 272017-07 4 ATHENA goddess of wisdom 202017-06 5 Poseidon God of the sea 212017-06 6 HESTIA Goodess of the Hearth 202017-06 7 Zeus king of the God 312017-06 8 Cronus Titan King...
Hestia, in Greek religion,goddess of the hearth, daughter of Cronus and Rhea, and one of the 12 Olympian deities. When the gods Apollo and Poseidon became suitors for her hand she swore to remain a maiden forever, whereupon Zeus, the king of the gods, bestowed upon her the honour of pr...
. . I will leave heaven because of their earthly marriage, I will go to the uttermost bounds of Okeanos (Oceanus) and share the hearth of primeval Tethys; thence I will pass to the house of and abide with Ophion (the Snake) [i.e. Okeanos].’"...
The Greek goddess of the hearth and home, gentle Hestia epitomized the warmth and comfort of domestic life. Despite being a minor goddess, she held an important place in every ancient Greek household, where people kept a sacred flame burning to honor her, symbolizing good health and prosperity...
he was worshipped as a family god and the protector of the hearth.The degree of respect accorded the Kitchen God was unusual in that people used to burn candles before his shrine on the first and 15th days of each month, rather than on one festival only during the year the case with ...
2.(sometimes cap.) the Christian doctrine that the reconciliation of God and humankind will be accomplished through Christ. 3.(in Christian Science) the state in which humankind exemplifies the attributes of Christ. 4.Archaic.reconciliation; agreement. ...