Monday, April 21, 2014

Hera


Roman Name: Juno
Parents: Cronus and Rhea
Siblings: Hestia, Poseidon, Hades, Zeus (husband), Demeter
Relationships: The only lover Hera had was her husband/brother Zeus. She has never cheated on him because she loved him dearly and she is also known as the goddess of marriage so it would be contradicting if she cheated on him.
Children: Ares, Hebe, Eris, Enyo, Eileithyia, Hephaestus
God of: The goddess of marriage and the Queen of heaven.
Symbol: Cow and the peacock.
Greatest accomplishment: It is said that Hera created the Milky way by the milk from her breast. I would also say that putting up with Zeus and all his lovers was an accomplishment. Hera also helped the Greeks in the Trojan war, even though she only did it despite Paris. She did it to anger him because he chose Aphrodite as the most beautiful or fairest women in the world instead of her. 
Worst accomplishment: One of Heras weakness or rough patches is her jealousy and anger towards the many women Zeus has cheated on her with and of course the children that Zeus had with the other women. She would make births for these women very difficult and she would then harass or make life very difficult for the child, Heracles for example. She also planned a way to kill Zeus at one point, but he caught her and hung her with gold chains from the sky. She begged and pleaded for him to release her. Before he released her he made her promise that she would never turn against him again.

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