Asteria (Titaness)

The Titaness of Falling Stars and Nighttime Divinations such as Oneiromancy and Astrology and the mother of Hecate, Goddess of Witchcraft and wife of Perses, Titan of Destruction.

= Myths = Asteria was a Titaness, and like her sister Leto was beloved by Zeus. In order to escape Zeus, who in the form of an eagle chased her, she transformed herself into a quail and flung herself into the Aegean Sea. It was there that Asteria was renamed in the island Asteria, the "quail island" Ortygia. This then became identified with the island of Delos, which was the only piece on earth to give refuge to the fugitive Leto when, pregnant with Zeus's children, she was chased by vengeful Hera. On the island of Delos Asteria married Perses and gave birth to their child Hecate.

= Trivia =


 * The word 'astronomy' and 'astrology' was named by Asteria