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Vesta was, of course, worshipped at the hearth by the women, who most often used it in the preparation of the domestic meals.
THE RELIGION OF ANCIENT ROMECYRIL BAILEYIn Rome the temple of Vesta is the king's hearth, situated, as one would expect, in close proximity to the regia.
THE RELIGION OF ANCIENT ROMECYRIL BAILEYThe two men there could see the dark outline of his anxious face as he lighted a vesta to aid him in seeing what was going on.
THE WEIGHT OF THE CROWNFRED M. WHITEHestia (Roman Vesta) presided over the private hearths and homesteads of the Greeks, and imparted to them a sacred character.
BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY, VOLUME IJOHN LORDAnd looking back on that wreck of a room, I reflected how congenial Jaffery must have found his surroundings on board the Vesta.
JAFFERYWILLIAM J. LOCKEFire is the emblem of friendship and hospitality, and in the temple of Vesta the fire was kept burning night and day.
'ROUND THE YEAR IN MYTH AND SONGFLORENCE HOLBROOKMme. Vesta Levine had a room at the top of her house prepared for her and detailed a colored woman to wait upon her.
JACK HARKAWAY IN NEW YORKBRACEBRIDGE HEMYNGAccordingly the poets frequently use Vesta for fire or flame; as they do Jupiter for air, Ceres for corn, &c.
FISHES, FLOWERS, AND FIRE AS ELEMENTS AND DEITIES IN THE PHALLIC FAITHS AND WORSHIP OF THE ANCIENT RELIGIONS OF GREECE, BABYLON,ANONYMOUSVesta, in mythology, was one of the principal deities of the Pagans.
FISHES, FLOWERS, AND FIRE AS ELEMENTS AND DEITIES IN THE PHALLIC FAITHS AND WORSHIP OF THE ANCIENT RELIGIONS OF GREECE, BABYLON,ANONYMOUSSimilarly at Rome, the first to be adored was always Vesta, who was nothing else but the fire.
FISHES, FLOWERS, AND FIRE AS ELEMENTS AND DEITIES IN THE PHALLIC FAITHS AND WORSHIP OF THE ANCIENT RELIGIONS OF GREECE, BABYLON,ANONYMOUSWORDS RELATED TO VESTA
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