There are not a lot of myths about Hestia. Her sisters were famous. One of her sisters was Hera, wife of Zeus, Queen of the Gods, and the goddess of marriage. Her other sister was Demeter, goddess of agriculture and the harvest. 

But Hestia was an important goddess. She was the goddess of hearth and home.  Every day, when the ancient Greek women gathered in the central courtyard of their homes, to do their sewing and cooking, they knew that Hestia was keeping watch over them. The women of ancient Greece listened to stories about the other gods. But they took comfort from Hestia. To them, Hestia was perhaps the most famous of all. 

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