hestia devotee

the goddess of hearth and home

[sunlight-and-calliopes]

Lady Hestia

Goddess of the hearth, home, family, and the eternal flame.

Epithets

Aidios ~ The Eternal

Basileia ~ Queen

Polymorphos ~ Of Many Forms

Polyolbus ~ Of Many Blessings

Potheinotati ~ The Beloved

Prutaneia ~ Of the Polis; Of the Communal Hearth

The First and The Last

Associations

Animals

Chickens

Cattle

Pigs

Donkey

Colors

Red

Orange

Brown

Gold

Bronze

Black

White

Offerings and Devotional Acts

Keys and other symbols of the home

Flames and lights (including electric ones)

Bread and other grain-based foods

Home cooked meals

Beer and wine

Kettles, teapots, and teacups

Olive oil

Incense and candles

Fresh or dried flowers

Jewelry from family members

Apples

Anything that reminds you of home

Something that acts as an eternal flame (I and many others use salt lamps and electric candles)

Cooking and cleaning

Veiling

Practicing modesty (can relate to veiling, but doesn't have to!)

Spending time with family (given or chosen)

Caring for plants and pets

Journaling

Decorating your home

(credit to vibeswithrenai for the Hestia themed dividers!)

[helpol-hearth]

Blessed Hestia, tender of the flames, from the great halls of Olympus to the smallest altar candle. Thank you for guiding our offerings to the gods.

[pink-noah]

Hestia ❤️‍🔥

(She and Hades have fire hair)

[homey-worshiper]

i feel like lady hestia enjoys just being around. in the most simple sense. drinking your morning coffee or tea, she's there enjoy it with you. being bored at work, she's there sitting next to you filling you with ideas what can you do when back home. making a quick dish after work, she's there loving all the smells. laying in your bed and looking at the ceiling, she's looking at the same ceiling. she's there, always. and i think this is what makes her so important. she's always there, no matter how small or big the occasion, she's there, with you. her presence is not grand and full of intense emotions, its simple and stable. she's like the air that surrounds us, we know it's there even if we cannot see it, grab it, it's there.

[apolloforetoldus-deactivated202]

May the Theoi surround you with comfort and warmth in times of hopelessness and dismal loneliness. May they always remain a friend in your corner, a gentle rhythm to your heartbeat, a surge of confidence, a bout of contagious laughter, a boundless curiosity, a passionate anger, pure joy in all its countless shapes and forms. May they embrace you in the dark and dance with you in the light.

May you never suffer, or celebrate, in the cruelty of solitude ever again.

[magictablecloth]

⊹ Shiny Objects PNGs ⊹ [*magpie mindset initiated*]

[tombstonedweller]

Hestia, Goddess of the Hearth and the Home

[sigeel]

hestia <3 you will see her in the story soon ;3

[basile1a]

Ἑστια

to Hestia, goddes of hearth and home

Hestia, in the high dwellings of all, both deadless gods and men who walk on earth, you have gained an everlasting abode and highest honor: glorious is your portion and your right. For without you, mortals hold no banquet.

[saywasp]

adark.lana

[musings-on-wisteria]

Hestia is more than just fire.

She is in the warmth of freshly-dried clothes, the joy of a child picking paint for their room. The scent of your favorite cleaner and the theme song of your favorite show. You feel her in the familiar creaking of floorboards, the inattentive habit of taking the turn that brings you home. She is the Hearth, and the Hearth is a thing we create in the mundane patterns of our choices and the efficient routines we create over time.

I worship her by noticing these habits in their infancy and attending to them with intention. I devote myself to appreciating their ease and familiarity. I practice my faith by remembering, consciously, the thousands of small kindnesses I have surrounded myself with.

Hestia, who is Home… we create each other.

[reemillustrated]

snoopy encourages you to buy a new book!

[weepingwidar]

Kat Lyons (American, 1991) - Untitled (2024)

[homey-worshiper]

for lady hestia

her presence is so strong those days, the cold outside means more warm inside

[zegalba]

A.F. Vandevorst: Arnhem Mode Biennale (2011)

[gigizetz]

Have you ever drawn Hestia before? I think she’s pretty interesting :D

quite simple, but yea

[homey-worshiper]

you can find lady hestia in your favourite blanket, covering you. she is that special moment when you can feel the fabric become a little more heavy, holding you a little tighter, being warmer.

[basile1a]

to hestia, daughter of kronos, venerable dame, who dwellest admist great fire's eternal flame. in thee, the gods have fixed their dwelling place, strong, stable basis of the mortal race.

in my worship of thee, goddess of hearth and home, i shall find my comfort.