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Hestia is Hearth, the goddess who never leaves home, Olympus, and never takes part in the struggles of men or gods. Some have said that the name of Hestia is one of those names of deities which was not known to the ancient Egyptians. However, Hestia, who some have considered the chief of the goddesses, is the first born of the OLYMPIANS, and was propitiated even by the Scythians, who called her Tabiti. Hestia, who discovered how to build houses, extends her power over altars, hearths, and States, and she was given the protection of the town hall. Therefore, all prayers and sacrifices end with this goddess, because she is the guardian of the innermost things. She is a virgin goddess, and not liking Aphrodite's works, she can never be ensnared by the goddess of love. Both Poseidon and Apollo wished to marry her, but she refused them, and touching Zeus' head, she swore an oath that she would be a maiden all her days. So instead of marriage, Zeus granted that her place should be in the very midst of the house. And for that reason mortals do not hold banquet without offering to Hestia both first and last, and so was done in Elis too, because there they sacrificed first to Hestia, and secondly to Zeus. |
Hestia es el Hogar: la diosa que nunca abandona su morada, el Olimpo, ni participa jamás de las luchas de hombres o dioses. Según algunos, el nombre de Hestia, como el de otras deidades, le era desconocido a los antiguos egipcios. Sin embargo, se ha considerado a Hestia como la primera en nacer de los OLÍMPICOS, siendo adorada por los escitas, que la llamaban Tabiti. Hestia, que descubrió cómo construir casas, ejerce su poder sobre altares, hogares y Estados, y es la protectora de cada ciudad. Siendo esta diosa la guardiana y patrona de los recintos más íntimos, se terminan todas las oraciones y ofrendas, invocando su nombre. Es Hestia una diosa virgen, y como no se siente atraída por las obras de Afrodita, no puede nunca engañarla la diosa del amor. Rechazó a Poseidón y Apolo, que quisieron casarse con ella, y tocando la cabeza de Zeus, juró que siempre permanecería virgen. Zeus entonces le concedió, en lugar del matrimonio, un lugar eterno en el centro mismo del hogar. Por eso, no celebran nunca banquetes los mortales sin hacer una ofrenda a Hestia, tanto al empezar como al terminar. Y así se acostumbraba en la Élide, en donde se hacían ofrendas a Hestia en primer lugar, y en segundo lugar a Zeus. |
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