In his interpretation, Jean Pierre Vernant presents the relationship between Hestia and Hermes as that of neighbors. Neighbors through mutual contact, for Hermes dwells in the doorways, and Hestia is the hearth itself. Hestia, Goddess of the Hearth, of the fire that forms the fixed point in the world; and Hermes, the messenger, his place, the doorway, ready to leave. For Vernant, they represent space and movement in the symbolism of Greek mythology.
By opening the doors to interpretation, and even to dreaming, we might find a path that allows us to come closer to understanding why the house is no longer the house. Hestia is the virgin, the one in charge of the hearth’s fire. She renounced weddings to become the center of the home. Hestia is a fixed point, remaining static in the center, organizing and orienting human space. By being in the center, she isolates herself and closes herself within, and thus remains static. To be in a state of residence, a dwelling, or a home.
Hermes, messenger between Gods and mortals, is movement, passage, and mediation between strangers. He is transformation: transformation is motivated by fire, as a transformative element. Hermes dwells at the doorways of houses and cities, or at crossroads and borders. Hermes is the prowler of doors, and as Homer describes him—slipping obliquely through keyholes, like an autumn breeze, like a mist—he stops at nothing, neither doors nor walls. He is a thief who arrives stealthily, unseen nor invited, coming from behind. His journey is incorporeal; he wears the helmet of Hades that makes him invisible and winged sandals that make distances disappear.
The ties are set, all that remains is to weave them.
Hestia, deity of fire and of household sacrifices, is frozen static, fixed by time. By isolating yourself within yourself, you become the room. The room of being. Being at the point that guides and organizes me, in a world that is all the same. Who is Hermes really? What is the reason for his frequent visits? Does he perhaps maintain a secret relationship with the virgin Hestia?
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