This Devotional Blog to Hestia is amazing.
Resources for Hestia Devotees
Hestia, virgin goddess of the hearth, home, and sacrificial fire. Formal Pronunciation: EH-stee-uh [source]
The only traditional epithets:
- (1) Boulaia = “of the council”.
- (2) Prytaneia = “of the Prytanis.”
- Modern/UPG epithets
Resources:
- Theoi.com
- On what she presides over and sacred symbols
- On first and last born
- On Hestia abdicating to Dionysus
- Hestia followers on tumblr
Helpful links:
- On introducing yourself
- Bedridden devotion to Hestia
- Bedridden Hestia altar
- Altar ideas: here / here
- Devotional acts/honoring her: here / here / here / here
- Morning ritual
- Offering ideas: here / here
- Crystals associated with her (UPG)
- Ways to honor Hestia this holiday season
- Flameless hearths and devotions
Prayers:
- Historical prayer to Hestia
- Guide the lost and those who have nothing
- For mental strength
- Strength in mental illness
- For comfort and self love
- For generosity and love
- Guidance through hardship
- May you always find a home
- Helper of the homeless
- Morning and evening prayer
- Morning and night prayer
- Hymn/prayer for prayer beads
- Tea prayer/blessing
- House blessing
- Kitchen prayer
Devotionals and Hymns:
- Patron of hometowns
- Seeking guidance on paths
- Helper of the homeless
- Patron goddess
- Hail Hestia
- Hestia
- To Hestia
- Hestia’s home
- Hymn to Hestia
- Orphic hymn 84
- Holy hearth flame
- Hymn to Hestia-of-the-Cabled-Cardigan
Sigils and Emoji Spells:
- My relationship with Hestia is strong (sigil)
- My connection to Hestia is strong (sigil)
- Sospidonum (sigil)
- Hestia (sigil)
- Emoji prayer to Hestia
- To make your house a home (emoji spell)
- Heal your heart and spirit (emoji spell)
- Warm your heart and soul (emoji spell)
- To feel connected to Hestia (emoji spell)
OTHER HESTIA PRAYERS / DEVOTIONALS
Exploring Gender Roles in Greek Mythology: Goddesses, Heroines, and Mortal Women
Of Hestia and the Hearth – Notes from the Northeast Branch
Hestia – Goddess of the Home, Hearth, & Altar
Keeping the Hearth Fire Burning: The Tale of Hestia and the Vestal Virgins
Contemplative Living Series: Hestia’s Rule – Simplicity of Possessions
Hestia and the Hearth | Barn Life Recovery
Hestia – the Fire Burning in the Hearth
Hestia – the Forgotten Olympian?
Iphigenia, Hestia, & the Muse of Painting
Who was *is* the Greek Goddess Hestia?
The Immense Power of Hestia in Greek Mythology and Spirituality
Hestia | Greek Goddess of Hearth And Home
Prayer to Hestia and Hermes for Home Economy
Hellenic Daily Worship (Hestia)
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