Hestia

Siblings: The Olympians

### Occupation

Greek Olympian Goddess of the Hearth, Architecture, Right Ordering of Domesticity Family, and the State

## Physical description

### Gender

Female

**Hestia**, also known as **Vesta**, is a virgin goddess of the hearth, architecture, and the right ordering of domesticity, the family, and the state. She was the eldest daughter of the Titans Rhea and Cronus, and sister to Zeus, Poseidon, Demeter, Hera, and Hades.

## Overview

Hestia is the goddess also known for her flames, and had the power to create flames so hot that the Titan's themselves, who were elemental embodiment, burned, melted and crumbled before her power. The precise limitations and details of Hestia's powers are unknown, however, she was considered on par with Zeus and the rest of her siblings and was venerated as the eldest of the gods so she may well have had the most raw power of all her siblings.

## History

### Background

Immediately after their birth, Cronus swallowed all his children (Hestia was the first who was swallowed and regurgitated) except the last and youngest, Zeus, who forced Cronus to disgorge his siblings and led them in a war against their father and the other Titans. As "first to be devoured...and the last to be yielded up again", Hestia was thus both the eldest and youngest daughter.

### Goddess of the Hearth

Hestia rejects the marriage suits of Poseidon and Apollo, and swears herself to perpetual virginity. She thus rejects Aphrodite's values and becomes, to some extent, her chaste, domestic complementary, or antithesis. Zeus assigns Hestia a duty to feed and maintain the fires of the Olympian hearth with the fatty, combustible portions of animal sacrifices to the gods. Hestia never left the halls of Olympus and far as she was concerned she never needed to, instead she spent her days cleaning, cooking and maintaining security for the home of the gods.

In all the temples of the gods she had a share of honor, and among all mortals she was chief of the goddesses. Hestia was one of the three Goddesses (the other two were Athena and Artemis) that Aphrodite could not affect their "hearts".

### Mother of the Phoenix

Hestia is also credited as the one who created the legendary Phoenix, using a piece of the Ziz. Hestia was amazed by the majesty of the Ziz and opted to create a creature similar to the Ziz. She took a feather from the Ziz, placed it within the divine hearth of Olympus, before cooling with a vial containing contents of Ambrosia. Upon contact, a large spark erupted from the bowl, and from the ashes the phoenix rose as a chick.

The phoenix lived within Olympus for sometime before Hestia allowed it to roam free, inspiring legends of the legendary creature from famous poets without knowing that it was, in some sense, a child of the Ziz and by extension Hestia.

## Powers and Abilities

**Authority:** Hestia has the power of authority; a power that grants them the right to rule, enforce orders, and establish laws within their dominion, even extending to the supernatural realm. This authority bestows upon them total control over their designated domain including supernatural elements, such as mystical forces, living entities, mythical creatures, and otherworldly dimensions that shape their environment.

**Architecture Mastery:** Hestia is a Master of Architecture. They specialize in planning, designing and overseeing the construction of buildings.

**Blessing Inducement:** Hestia can bless anything including people, places, objects etc. and produce positive effects and phenomenon. This can include bringing good luck to people, or something as little as Emotion Augmentation as long as it is the happy emotions.

**Family Deity:** Hestia with this ability either is or can transform into a Family Deity, a god/goddess who represents or is associated with family, relatives, ancestors, descendants, and clans. Family Deities were common in mythology and are still present among the civilizations that worshiped their ancestors thus achieving a god-like status. Even regular deities themselves could connect to their deceased human family members that they began on Earth.

**Fire Deity:** Hestia is a fire Deity, a god/goddess who represents or is associated with fire, heat, drought, Summer and volcanoes. A fire Deity is a deity in mythology associated with fire and is one of the four great elemental divine spirits.

**Household Deity:** Hestia with this ability either is or can transform into a household deity, a god/goddess who represents or is associated with the hearth, the home and domestic living. Household Deities can be found throughout most of recorded history in various forms.

**Virgin Deity:** As an archetype, a virgin Deity is always a goddess/goddess-like being/entity/figure who represents or is associated with virginity and chastity, purity, virtue and maidenhood. Virgin Deities are fairly common in mythology and were important among ancient civilizations. Virgin Goddesses are naturally always female; males virgin Gods have yet to be discovered in known mythologies.

**Hearth Deity:** Hestia with this ability either is or can transform into a hearth deity, a god/goddess who represents or is associated with hearths. These types of deities slightly common within polytheistic religions in mythology.

**Tutelary Deity:** As an archetype, a protector deity, is a god/goddess who represents or is associated with protection, guardianship and defense. Commonly known as Tutelary deities, they are fairly common in mythology and were important among ancient civilizations.

**Prime Being:** Hestia is the prime being that originated/created a species and all its variations, making them essentially the most powerful among their race, having utmost power and authority over other beings of its kind. The prime beings do not always possess the power to create life forms, but possess the original or main gene that all others derive from. Hestia can even control or destroy their own species.

**Super-Beauty:** Hestia possesses a supernatural beauty that surpasses the boundaries of nature, not just by physical attraction alone, but by other aspects and principles of beauty. Having such beauty can have mystical, empathic or psychic effect that reflects their physical appeal and qualities with graceful and flawless charms. Any who observe these beings will be supernaturally affected to see a perfectly envision and idealized form of beauty unique to Hestia due to their increase appeal, apparel, action and even choice of words, all of which can cause awe-inducing effect to others even by sheer presence alone that can have a number of mental and emotional responses from others without negative effects making it impossible for them to look terrible regardless of the situation.

## Quotes

*"Me being the kindest of my siblings is quite a rarity I know. And it is all the more reason why I could no longer stand my family's constant squabbling with one another. Though knowing this I do at times regret allowing Dionysus to supplant himself upon my seat as the twelfth Olympian. Especially knowing how chaotic my family can be. Hm, well, I'm sure he can handle himself. And I do hope my family has mellowed down over the centuries." - Hestia.*