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Both are deities of the sacred hearth fire at the center of home and cosmos
Greek Pantheon
tradition
Aztec Pantheon
hearth, home, domesticity, family
domains
fire, time, turquoise, the calendar, kingship
hearth, fire, kettle
symbols
turquoise, fire, xiuhcoatl (fire serpent), brazier
Vesta
also called
Turquoise Lord, Lord of the Year, Huehueteotl
Hestia alone
hearth, home, domesticity, family
Xiuhtecuhtli alone
fire, time, turquoise, the calendar, kingship
Hestia
Cult sites: No major independent temple; the hearth of every house, Prytaneion hearths of Greek cities.
Festivals: Household offerings at the hearth, Prytaneia.
She is the first and last libation, the round hearth, the fire that must not go out. Public Hestia lived in the town hall. There is almost no personality cult because the goddess is the fixture.
Xiuhtecuhtli
Cult sites: Turquoise-hearth shrines; New Fire at Huixachtlan.
Festivals: Xiuhmolpilli / New Fire every 52 years, Izcalli.
The old fire of the year-count. Every house-hearth was his small temple. The New Fire ceremony rekindled time itself.
Greek Pantheon
Goddess of the hearth, home, and family. The firstborn of Cronus and Rhea, she maintained eternal virginity and tended the sacred fire of Olympus.
Hestia is the gentle goddess of the hearth fire (*hestia*), which burned in the center of every Greek home and city. She received the first offering at every sacrifice.
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The god of fire, time, and the calendar. Xiuhtecuhtli was the oldest deity, dwelling at the center of the universe in the hearth fire that connected all realms. He presided over the New Fire ceremony every 52 years.
Xiuhtecuhtli existed from the beginning, the first spark that ignited creation. He placed himself at the center of the cosmos and from his fire came warmth, light, and the counting of time. He is the old god who was never born because he always was.
Xiuhtecuhtli ("Turquoise Lord") was the Aztec **god of fire and time**, one of the oldest deities in the Mesoamerican tradition. His other name, **Huehueteotl** ("Old God"), reflects his primordial nature. He dwelt in the **hearth fire** at the center of every home and at the center of the universe itself.
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