Hestia, the goddess of home and hearth, is totally awesome. The only goddess that's more awesome than her is Artemis. But anyways, Hestia was really freaking cool. She was the first and last born of Cronos and Rhea. She was the first to be swallowed by Cronos, so she was the last to be barfed up (BTW, mega ew).
Hestia was one of the maiden goddesses. Poseidon and Apollo both wanted to marry her, but she decided that no way, she wasn't gonna be a wife. So Zeus gave her a high honor instead of having to marry, and that was to be the goddess of (as stated before) the home and hearth.
Cool Fact: in most ancient Greek homes, before they could be accepted as part of the family, children had to walk around the symbol of Hestia in honor of the goddess. Cool.
Topic: Persephone
We all know Persephone as Demeter's daughter, the girl who ate the pomegranate, the one that got stuck in the Underworld, the cause for winter, blah blah blah. I decided to post the story of just what led up to getting stuck in the realm of the dead; it wasn't entirely her fault.
So Persephone was picking flowers with a bunch of other maidens when suddenly Hades appears out of the ground. Okay, I kind of need to explain why the king of the dead is springing up out of the ground like the flower that we all know he's not. So before this happens, Zeus tells Hades that he could marry Persephone without consulting her, so Persephone's completely freaking out and Hades is just like, "Come on, you're my wife, it's time to introduce you to your new kingdom."
As you can imagine, the goddess of springtime is not thrilled to be in the Underworld, even with Hades kindly giving her a tour. Meanwhile, Demeter is all like "Oh no my daughter's been stolen by Hades crap!!!" And Persephone's life is kind of sucking at this point. Let's review: she's called Kore, which means "girl", she's all flowery, and she's the daughter of a NATURE FERTILITY GODDESS. The only nature in the Underworld is, like, a few dead trees here and there.
Persephone got so depressed that she wouldn't sleep and wouldn't eat much of anything. I know that most people think that Hades tricked her into eating the pomegranate seeds, but really it was this annoying dude with an annoying name, Ascalaphus. So when Demeter finally figured out where her daughter was, there was no joyful reunion, nooo, she finds out that her daughter has to spend her life in the Underworld.
Eventually Demeter rescues her, but Persephone had to spend a third of the year in the Underworld. Sucks to be her.
Hestia was one of the maiden goddesses. Poseidon and Apollo both wanted to marry her, but she decided that no way, she wasn't gonna be a wife. So Zeus gave her a high honor instead of having to marry, and that was to be the goddess of (as stated before) the home and hearth.
Cool Fact: in most ancient Greek homes, before they could be accepted as part of the family, children had to walk around the symbol of Hestia in honor of the goddess. Cool.
Topic: Persephone
We all know Persephone as Demeter's daughter, the girl who ate the pomegranate, the one that got stuck in the Underworld, the cause for winter, blah blah blah. I decided to post the story of just what led up to getting stuck in the realm of the dead; it wasn't entirely her fault.
So Persephone was picking flowers with a bunch of other maidens when suddenly Hades appears out of the ground. Okay, I kind of need to explain why the king of the dead is springing up out of the ground like the flower that we all know he's not. So before this happens, Zeus tells Hades that he could marry Persephone without consulting her, so Persephone's completely freaking out and Hades is just like, "Come on, you're my wife, it's time to introduce you to your new kingdom."
As you can imagine, the goddess of springtime is not thrilled to be in the Underworld, even with Hades kindly giving her a tour. Meanwhile, Demeter is all like "Oh no my daughter's been stolen by Hades crap!!!" And Persephone's life is kind of sucking at this point. Let's review: she's called Kore, which means "girl", she's all flowery, and she's the daughter of a NATURE FERTILITY GODDESS. The only nature in the Underworld is, like, a few dead trees here and there.
Persephone got so depressed that she wouldn't sleep and wouldn't eat much of anything. I know that most people think that Hades tricked her into eating the pomegranate seeds, but really it was this annoying dude with an annoying name, Ascalaphus. So when Demeter finally figured out where her daughter was, there was no joyful reunion, nooo, she finds out that her daughter has to spend her life in the Underworld.
Eventually Demeter rescues her, but Persephone had to spend a third of the year in the Underworld. Sucks to be her.
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