parents:Cronus, Rhea
brothers:Zeus, Hades, Poseidon
sisters:Demeter, Hera
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Hesia's grand parents were Gaea and Uranus
Hestia's mother and father were Rhea and Cronos, respectively.
In the home and hearth, Hestia was thought to be present - in every home and city temple hearth, Hestia would be invoked first and last.
Hestia is the Greek goddess of home, hearth, fire, and altar, this meaning she embodied the ideal of community worship in home and in the city - there was a "temple hearth" in every Greek city and town where the community would worship. Today "hearth and home" embody her essence, as well as to "keep the home fires burning".