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In Greek mythology, newborn Hestia, along with four of her five siblings, was devoured by her father Cronus, who feared being overthrown by one of his offspring. Zeus , the youngest child, escaped with his mother's help, and made his father disgorge all his siblings.
In Greek myth, Hestia was one of the six children of Cronus and Rhea, the first of their three daughters, and thus the eldest of the twelve Olympians. [i] [1] She was the elder sister of Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hera, and Demeter, and was revered as goddess of the hearth and of domestic life. [2]
This is an index of lists of mythological figures from ancient Greek religion and mythology. List of Greek deities; List of mortals in Greek mythology; List of Greek legendary creatures; List of minor Greek mythological figures; List of Trojan War characters; List of deified people in Greek mythology; List of Homeric characters
The principal gods of the Greek pantheon were the twelve Olympians, [30] who lived on Mount Olympus, [31] and were connected to each other as part of a single family. [32] Zeus was the chief god of the pantheon, though Athena and Apollo were honoured in a greater number of sanctuaries in major cities, and Dionysus is the deity who has received ...
Many of the Greek deities are known from as early as Mycenaean (Late Bronze Age) civilization. This is an incomplete list of these deities [n 1] and of the way their names, epithets, or titles are spelled and attested in Mycenaean Greek, written in the Linear B [n 2] syllabary, along with some reconstructions and equivalent forms in later Greek.
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Etruscan goddess, attendant at the birth of Menrva. [19] Euturpa, Euterpe: The Greek goddess Euterpe. [19] Feronia: An obscure rural goddess primarily known from the various Roman cults who worshipped her. [20] Fufluns: Etruscan god of wine, identified with Dionysus. The name is used in the expressions Fufluns Pacha and Fufluns Pachie.
Pages and categories relating to Hestia, the goddess of the hearth in Greek mythology. ... Pages in category "Hestia" The following 6 pages are in this category, out ...