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...
Jane Austen’s Jane Bennet—the eldest of the five Bennet sisters—appears to be one of the earliest examples of the archetype. (Actually, if we go all the way back to Greek mythology, Hestia, the virgin goddess of the hearth and home, was the firstborn daughter of Titans Cronus and Rh...
Psalms 102:3 LEB for my days vanish in smoke, and my bones are charred like a hearth. or a year (Lev_25:29; 1Sa_27:7). Leviticus 25:29 LEB “‘ And if a man sells a residential house in a walled city, then it shall be his redemption until completing a year after his selling...
Being an Atheopagan is about looking at the reality of the Universe and affirming it: uncaring though it is. It is about accepting ourselves, myriad as we are, complex and contradictory as we remain. So…dress as you like. I tend to jeans and button-up shirts, myself. I’ll...
In symbology, the hearth has been a sign of home and family for nearly as long as civilization has existed. In ancient mythology, the Greek goddess Hestia, called Vesta in Roman myths, guarded the hearth and was seen as the protector of family life. The hearth represents the ability to co...