Vesta (Classical Latin: [ˈwɛs.ta]) is the virgin goddess of the hearth, home, and family in Roman religion. She was rarely depicted in human form, and...
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Olbers on 29 March 1807 and is named after Vesta, the virgin goddess of home and hearth from Roman mythology. Vesta is thought to be the second-largest asteroid...
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The Temple of Vesta, or the aedes (Latin Aedes Vestae; Italian: Tempio di Vesta), is an ancient edifice in Rome, Italy. It is located in the Roman Forum...
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The sacred fire of Vesta was a sacred eternal flame in ancient Rome. The Vestal Virgins, originally numbering two, later four, and eventually six, were...
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Sailor Vesta, a character in Sailor Moon Vesta (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics character Vesta (mythology), Roman goddess of the hearth and home Vesta Stoudt...
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Palladium (classical antiquity) (redirect from Palladium (mythology))
In Greek and Roman mythology, the Palladium or Palladion (Greek Παλλάδιον (Palladion), Latin Palladium) was a cult image of great antiquity on which the...
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The so-called Temple of Vesta is a small circular Roman temple (so a tholos) in Tivoli, Italy, dating to the early 1st century BC. Its ruins are dramatically...
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Vestal Virgin (category Vesta (mythology))
Vestals (Latin: Vestālēs, singular Vestālis [wɛsˈtaːlɪs]) were priestesses of Vesta, virgin goddess of Rome's sacred hearth and its flame. The Vestals were...
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Kamuy-huci (section Mythology)
Greek goddess of the hearth Vesta (mythology), Roman goddess of the hearth Ashkenazy, Michael. Handbook of Japanese Mythology. Santa Barbara, California:...
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to: Pertaining to Vesta (mythology), a Roman goddess The sacred fire of Vesta The Temple of Vesta Vestal Virgin, a priestess of Vesta Vestalia, an ancient...
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House of the Vestals (category Vesta (mythology))
the residence of Vestal Virgins, located behind the circular Temple of Vesta at the eastern edge of the Roman Forum, between the Regia and the Palatine...
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Il Penseroso (category Vesta (mythology))
classical hymn, claims her heritage with the Roman pantheon: Thee bright-haired Vesta long of yore, To solitary Saturn bore; His daughter she (in Saturn's reign...
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Virgin goddess (section Hestia and Vesta)
equivalents, Vesta, Minerva, and Diana. In some instances, the inviolability of these goddesses was simply a detail of their mythology, while in other...
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Jowangsin (section In mythology)
Kamuy-huci, an Ainu kitchen god Hestia, Greek goddess of the hearth Vesta (mythology), Roman goddess of the hearth Gashin cult, the worship of house deities...
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White Hall of the Winter Palace (category Vesta (mythology))
gods of Olympus: Juno and Jupiter, Diana and Apollo, Ceres and Mercury, Vesta and Neptune. The frieze is filled with numerous putti figures. The sculptural...
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The Vision of the Twelve Goddesses (category Vesta (mythology))
grandstand was built for Anne of Denmark. Daniel's text draws on classical mythology. The presenters are Iris, the Graces, a Sybil, and personifications of...
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Roman mythology is the body of myths of ancient Rome as represented in the literature and visual arts of the Romans, and is a form of Roman folklore....
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sister Ops, with whom he fathered Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto, Juno, Ceres and Vesta. Saturn was especially celebrated during the festival of Saturnalia each...
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Vesta Temple is a 6,299-foot-elevation (1,920-meter) summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, US. It is situated eight...
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Hestia (category Personifications in Greek mythology)
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Hestia (/ˈhɛstiə, ˈhɛstʃə/; Greek: Ἑστία, meaning "hearth" or "fireside") is the virgin goddess of the hearth...
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La vestale (Spontini) (category Vesta (mythology))
victorious campaign, Licinius finds his beloved Julia has become a priestess of Vesta. Although Julia attempts to avoid going to Licinius's triumph, she is delegated...
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Vestalia (category Vesta (mythology))
Vestalia was a Roman religious festival in honor of Vesta, the goddess of the hearth and the burning continuation of the sacred fire of Rome. It was held...
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mother of Proserpina by Jupiter and sister of Juno, Vesta, Neptune and Dis. Ceres' known mythology is indistinguishable from Demeter's: When Ceres sought...
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Alba Longa (section Temple of Vesta)
Roman mythology claims that the Penates were Trojan gods first introduced to Italy by Aeneas. Among these household gods must have been Vesta who has...
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equated with the Greek goddess Artemis, and absorbed much of Artemis' mythology early in Roman history, including a birth on the island of Delos to parents...
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Asteroids in astrology (redirect from Vesta (astrology))
2 Pallas, 4 Vesta, 10 Hygiea, 511 Davida, 704 Interamnia, 65 Cybele, 52 Europa are considerably bigger and more massive). In mythology Juno is the Roman...
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La vestale (Mercadante) (category Vesta (mythology))
help Decio to see Emilia in secret in the Temple. Scene 1: The Temple of Vesta Giunia is praying for Emilia, while the Gran Vestale warns Emilia that if...
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counsellor of the state. She was equated to Hera, queen of the gods in Greek mythology and a goddess of love and marriage. A daughter of Saturn and Ops, she...
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Unicode combining characters and Latin characters. Proto-Indo-European mythology is the body of myths and deities associated with the Proto-Indo-Europeans...
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