Sacred marriage of the Fire-god with a woman; legends of the birth of
Latin kings from Vestal Virgins impregnated by the fire; Vestal Virgins
as wives of the Fire-god; the Vestal fire originally the fire on the
king’s hearth; the round temple of Vesta a copy of the old round hut of
the early Latins; rude pottery used in Roman ritual; superstitions as to
the making of pottery; sanctity of the storeroom at Rome; the temple of
Vesta with its sacred fire a copy of the king’s house.