Hestia
Greek goddess of the hearth and the home
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Summary
Hestia is a Greek deity[1]. She ranks in the top 9% of greek deity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,076 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Father: Cronus[3]
- Mother: Rhea[4]
- Sex or gender: female[5]
- Instance of: household deity[6], Olympian god[7]
- Official residence: Olympus[8]
- Part of: Twelve Olympians[9]
- Commons category: Hestia[10]
- Said to be the same as: Vesta[11], Chantico[12], Anuket[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Hestia[14]
- Worshipped by: Ancient Greek religion[15]
- Described by source: Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[16], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[19], Pauly–Wissowa[20]
- Name in native language: Ἑστία[21], Ἱστια[22]
- Number of children: 0[23]
- Domain of saint or deity: hearth[24], cooking[25], fire[26], baking[27], dwelling[28]
- Sibling: Demeter[29], Hera[30], Hades[31], Poseidon[32], Zeus[33]
- Iconographic symbol: kettle[34], pig[35], Vitex agnus-castus[36]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[37]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for Hestia include 46 she[38], an asteroid[39].
Why It Matters
Hestia has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] She is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]
Entities named for her include 46 she[38], an asteroid[39].