A vesta

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  • Vesta: Roman goddess of the hearth, celebrated with an eternal flame (hence the word vesta, meaning "match"; and vestal virgins,who tended the eternal flame) → introduces images of a woman tending a fire with a bellows
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  • Avesta: the sacred writings of the Zoroatrian religion