Showing posts with label Family Goddess. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Family Goddess. Show all posts

Goddess Vesta

 



Vesta: Vesta is a Roman goddess of the hearth and the home.

Vesta is the goddess of the home and fire, and she is a virgin deity.

She is also an earth goddess who is in charge of the household skills, such as cooking and cleaning.

Her presence in the home is said to bring a family closer together, and the ancient Romans offered her a daily sacrifice.

Vesta is the Roman equivalent of Hestia in Greek mythology.


~Kiran Atma

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Goddess Enekpe

 



 

Family goddess in Africa.

Enekpe, especially within the family blood line, is the Guardian of Destiny.

Her devotees allegedly went to battle and were on the verge of extinction.

In order to rescue her people, Enekpe gave herself as a sacrifice.

Her tribe was rescued, their linage sanctified for forever by her blood, and she was buried alive on the battlefield.