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Thanks.

For works specialized on Hestia, I'd start with these two works below. One is a master's thesis, the other is an article:

The Study of the Concept of the Sacred Hearth and Greek Goddess of the Hearth and their Association with the Prytaneion, its Origins and its Development by Esra Çayir

Hestia Hearth, Goddess, and Cult by Mika Kajava

You can also take a look at the first section of this other Master's thesis but it is more focused on the comparative analysis of the ancient cult of Hestia and the modern Olympic Flame. And if you haven't already, don't forget to look for smaller sections about her in more general books on ancient cults (eg. Ancient Greek Cults A Guide by Jennifer Larson has a page on Hestia). It might not be very useful if you're looking for specialized studies, but it can help if you've just started researching her.

For the past two weeks, our prompt has been to write a prayer or a hymn. It was heart-warming to see many of our members participate and write for their deities from many different pantheons 🥰 As an example here is a little something I wrote for Iris, but if you would like to see all the other prayers & hymns as well as participate in our future prompts yourself, come join us on Discord ✨

- Mod Lucina @lucinaofstarlight​

Hymn to Iris  I greet you, Iris of the Rainbow! Clad in vivid colors, shining bright You truly are the Wondorous One With your golden wings you fly you across the skies Leaving your enchanting mark behind

I greet you, Iris Storm-Footed And dance with you in the rain You always fill me with such inspiration And such great joy I thank you for your many blessings.

Iris in the mist and eye

The fleetfooted goddess crosses the sky

Lost in Her beautiful colors

Letting them swirl around asunder

~

Iris in the mist and eye

Brave warrior on the fly

Golden-winged with herald’s staff

Wonderous one with merry laugh

~

Iris in the mist and eye

She who flies far and wide

From river Styx to Mt. Olympus

Carrying messages no matter the distance

~

Iris in the mist and eye

Of the sea and of the sky

She refills the clouds when they are dry

got this finished, formatted on redbubble and everything and never actually posted it here, whoops! also since i realized i didnt mention it on the last one, my redbubble account is same username as it is here! (nyx1st1x) just not linking because last i checked things dont show up in tags with links :/

So I’ve been pondering on this dream for a while. I’m positive it was a sign of some kind, but I wanted to share it here. Any thoughts or ideas regarding the message are welcome!

The retelling might not be accurate, but this is how I remember it being: 

I remember walking with a group of people - people I don’t remember recognizing, but I knew they were friends. My dog was walking with us, and for some reason I have a rabbit in my arms. We’re walking through a white city or something - the buildings are all like white stucco (they put me in mind of buildings I’ve seen in Greece, but it’s hard to say - I’ve never been there). 

We’re going through an alley to a building and there’s like... a dog guarding it. I’m holding the rabbit because I know the dog will bark at it if I wasn’t holding it. I vaguely recall the dog being dark or black - something Doberman shaped, too. 

 We walk into the building and like kneel in a circle on the floor. I think we were doing a ritual of some kind. I don’t know what the others are doing, but I know that I took off my jewelry, kissed the pieces and dedicated them to Zeus. 

Then there’s a portal of some kind in front of us... my dog goes through it and disappears, and the rabbit’s gone, too. I walk through the portal and suddenly I’m in like... a barn? There’s chickens in it and I walk to the window to look out over green rolling hills with trees in the distance. 

I walk outside and I see a rainbow overhead... but the rainbow is muted colors of blue and gold/yellow, not a normal rainbow. But I’m getting excited, and I look up and Iris is streaking over the sky, the same blue/gold rainbow trailing behind her. I don’t see her, herself, but I do see the golden wings.... 

And then I woke up.

Iris Carrying the Waters of the River Styx to Olympus

19th century

After Guy Head (1760–1800)

Oil on canvas

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