Nëna e Vatrës

Nëna e Vatrës or Nana e Votrës ("The Mother of the Hearth") is an Albanian mythological figure, the protector of the hearth (Albanian: vatër), associated with the household fire worship, the cult of the ancestor and family life.

[1][2] She is sometimes regarded as a goddess (hyjni e zjarrit të vatrës "deity of the hearth fire") in Albanian traditions.

[5][7] In Albanian folk beliefs, Nëna e Vatrës is the protector of the vatër, the domestic fireplace.

[8] At feasts, people used to practice sacrificial offerings to the deity throwing some of the food they prepared into the fire and around the hearth.

[9][8] Nëna e Vatrës bears similarities to Greek Hestia and Roman Vesta.