Demeter, Hera, and Hestia

 

Demeter

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eleusinian_hydria_Antikensammlung_Berlin_1984.46_n2.jpg

 

 

Hestia full of Blessings", Egypt, 6th century tapestry (Dumbarton Oaks Collection)

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hestia_tapestry.jpg

 

 

 

Jupiter and Juno by Annibale Carracci.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Carracci_-_Jupiter_et_Junon.jpeg

 

 

Demeter, Hera, and Hestia were the three sisters of Zeus.  Hera was very jealous of the other children Zeus had and was the goddess of marriage.  Hestia remained a virgin goddess and became goddess of the hearth and Vestal Virgins.  Demeter mastered the farming and usage of corn and set up her cults in Sicily along with her daughter Persephone.  They established the Eleusinian rites.

 

Persephone or "the deceased woman" holding a pomegranate. Etruscan terracotta cinerary statue. National archaeological museum in Palermo, Italy

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DSC00426_-_Statua_cineraria_etrusca_-_Proserpina-defunta_con_melagrana-_Foto_G._Dall%27Orto.jpg

by Rita Jean Moran (www.thelibrarykids.com and www.hiddenhumanstory.com)


 Links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demeter

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hera

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hestia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persephone