Deity Twelve Olympians
Hestia
Ἑστία grc
Greek goddess of the hearth and the home
Baking
Cooking
Dwelling
Fire
Domains on record
Family
The family of Hestia
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 8
Kinship in an account 8
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts · marriage as a legal institution · exclusivity, or a single canonical pairing · shared parentage in every account · descent from the same generation in a single tree
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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child of (child) Cronus ruler of the Titans in Greek mythology -
child of (child) Rhea female Titan in Greek mythology, mother of Zeus and mother of Hera -
partner of Priapus ancient Greek deity -
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sibling of Demeter Greek goddess of the harvest, grains, and agriculture -
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sibling of Hades god of the underworld in Greek mythology -
sibling of Hera Greek goddess, wife and sister of Zeus -
sibling of Poseidon one of the twelve Olympians presiding over the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses -
sibling of Zeus Greek god of the sky and king of the gods
Connections
How Hestia connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Affiliation 1
What this means
Association with a tradition or school. Traditions branch, overlap and re-merge; this is not a clean single-origin tree.
Does not imply a fixed roster · that every account of the tradition knows this figure
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Identification 4
What this means
One figure treated as another in some context. Not literal identity in all contexts, and usually a claim by a third party.
Does not imply literal identity in all contexts · that either tradition made the identification
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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identified with Anuket Egyptian deity of the cataracts of the Nile and Lower Nubia in general, worshipped especially at Elephantine near the First Cataract -
identified with Chantico Aztec goddess of fires and volcanoes - identified with Tabiti ancient Scythian goddess of fire and the hearth
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identified with Vesta goddess of the hearth, home, and family in Roman religion
Attribute 5
What this means
A domain, symbol or epithet as sources record it.
Does not imply an exclusive domain · the same association in every account
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
18 statements on this record
- 12 Has references The statement cites something outside Wikimedia. That citation has not been checked here.
- 6 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it. 1 of them cite only Wikipedia: one source, counted once.
Only this record’s own statements. What other records say about it is counted on theirs.
Three layers, three licences
- Text
- Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted, not merged
- Pictures
- Wikimedia Commons · each file’s own terms
Review
Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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