Vestal Virgins at the Temple Pendant mini Exquisitely handcrafted by artisans in

Exquisitely handcrafted by artisans in New York

remembrance

childbirth was fraught with danger

goddess of the hearth)

Vestal Virgins at the Temple Pendant mini Exquisitely handcrafted by artisans inThe Vestal Virgins were the sacred priestesses of the goddess Vesta (the Roman equivalent of the Greek Hestia, goddess of the hearth), charged with nurturing her eternal fire at the heart of the Temple. The Vestals were chosen as young girls, plucked from the upper strata of Roman society and inducted into the cult of Vesta, where they vowed to remain chaste for 30 years, to tend the flame, and perform sacred rituals. As the only female priesthood at