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Hera is the ancient Greek goddess of women, marriage, marital harmony, childbirth and family as well as the protector of women during childbirth and a founding member of the Twelve Olympians, she was made the Queen of the Gods through her marriage to Zeus and rules beside him on Mount Olympus. Hera is the mother and stepmother of many prominent Olympian Gods, such as Ares, Hephaestus, Apollo, Hermes, Dionysus, Apollo, Artemis and Athena and is especially known for her harshness and vengeance towards enemies including her husband's extramarital lovers and their offspring.

Role and Significance[]

Hera is the patron goddess of lawful marriage, who presides over weddings, she blesses and legalises marital unions and protects women from harm during childbirth. Through her marriage to Zeus she became the Queen of the Olympian Gods.

Hera represents all aspects of female life and her principal responsibilities are in the realm of marriage and married life. Hera is also the protector of cities and young men and this role was especially important in her major cult centres at Argos and Samos.

She was worshipped across Ancient Greece, where she had two festivals, the Daedala and the Heraean Games.

Genealogy and Family[]

Hera was born the third of six children to Cronus, the Titan god of the Harvest and Rhea, the Titan goddess of fertility and motherhood, as well as their youngest daughter. She has two older sisters, Hestia and Demeter and three younger brothers, Hades, Poseidon and Zeus.

With her husband, Zeus she had at least two sons, Ares, the god of war, violence and bloodlust and Hephaestus the god of fire, metalworking, stone masonry, forges, the art of sculpture, technology, and blacksmiths and two daughters, Hebe, the goddess of youth, prime of life and forgiveness and Eileithyia, the goddess of childbirth and the protector of pregnant women. Other deities sometimes listed as her children in rarer accounts include Eris, the goddess of strife and discord, Enyo, the goddess of war, Eleutheria, the goddess of liberty, Pasithea, the goddess of relaxation, Angelos, a female chthonic deity and the nymph, Arge. In a rare account, she is also the mother of The Graces with an unnamed man.

Story[]

Hera is one of the best documented figures in Greek Mythology, her birth myth states she was born to the Titans Rhea- her mother and Cronus- her father, who swallowed her shortly after Rhea delivered her, trapping Hera inside his body where she grew up in Cronus' stomach alongside four of her siblings, her older sisters-Hestia and Demeter and younger brothers-Poseidon and Hades, who all had the same fate of being consumed by Cronus. Her brother Zeus, who had been raised by Cretan Nymphs safely from his father, met Cronus one day and gave him a special concoction created by Metis, the Goddess of wise counsel, which after Cronus ingested caused him to vomit up Hera and the others, freeing them, Hera and her siblings would then join Zeus and run away with him from Cronus. Hera and her sisters would then go to the home of Oceanus and Tethys and stay with them, whilst Hades, Poseidon and Zeus would bravely travel to the Underworld where they stayed and made a deal with Gaia's children, the Cyclopes and the Hecatonchieres to have them freed after helping Zeus and his brothers fight Cronus, with this deal finalised the Cyclopes and Hecatonchieres would even make Hera's brothers their legendary weapons, including Zeus' Thunderbolt. Following this, Hera and her siblings reunited and looked for fellow gods to help them fight Cronus and found allies in Hecate, Helios, Selene, Eos, Iris, Styx, Bia, Zelus, Kratos and Prometheus alongside others. The group would go into Titanomachy (Titan Wars) and eventually defeat Cronus and his allies, with Zeus locking them in Tartarus for safekeeping so they could never plot against or tyrannize him and his siblings again. The group would also fight in the Gigantomachy (Giant Wars) together before settling on their home- Mount Olympus, where for hundreds of years Zeus harboured a crush on Hera and desired to marry her, but was always turned down whenever he proposed. Eventually he was able to get his way by transforming into a distressed Cuckoo bird which was found by Hera and cared for by her. Thinking she was nursing an animal back to health, Hera was shocked when the bird turned out to actually be Zeus and finally agreed to marry him, although some accounts state Zeus raped Hera after reverting back to this true form, and that she married him out of shame.

Zeus would make Hera his Queen despite according to some accounts already being married and later taking other wives; on top of keeping extramarital lovers including the Goddesses Io, Aegina, Selene, Demeter, Dione, Maia and Electra and the mortals Danae, Leda, Alcmene, Semele, Lamia and Ganymede. And usually whenever Hera would discover Zeus cheating she would try to hurt or even plot death to his lover and any children they had by Zeus.

When Hera found out that the Titaness Leto, had an affair with her husband, Zeus and that she was pregnant with his children, Hera banned her from giving birth anywhere under the sun either land or sea but Leto found the island of Delos as a sanctuary. Hera would prevent her daughter and assistant, Eileithyia from helping Leto wanting to lengthen Leto's labour especially with her son. However after Hera became distracted by a beautiful necklace, the Gods showed her in their attempts to help Leto, Eileithyia would transport to Leto and help her against her mother's will.

In the myth of the Naiad Io- Hera discovered her husband, Zeus with his girlfriend Io whom he had disguised as a cow, and got Zeus' permission to take this 'cow' as a gift. Hera would take Io to a field guarded by her loyal servant, Argus Panoptes, essentially keeping her in a prison. But Zeus planned Io to be freed- sending Hermes to slay Argos Panoptes, which made Hera, who was upset on the giant's death send a gadfly to pester Io, causing Io to swim away from the insect, reaching the coast of Egypt. Zeus made an agreement to end his romantic affair with Io in exchange for Hera to remove the gadfly from Io. Zeus also made an apology gift for Hera- a peacock (her favourite animal) with the eyes of her slain servant- Argos Panoptes on its feathers which Hera accepted. And with Io no longer facing Hera's punishment, she was transformed back into her human form by Zeus on an Egyptian beach, where the people who saw this mistook Io for Isis.

Other stories showing Hera's anger and vengeance towards her husband's lovers and illegitimate children include: The Myth of Callisto, where Hera's target was Callisto, a Nymph or human who was raped by Zeus and by him bore a son named Arcas. To trick Hera and protect Callisto from his wife's wrath Zeus turned Callisto into she bear in hopes of tricking Hera and protecting her.. Hera however being wise and watchful found Callisto in her bear disguise and made a death plot to have her killed by her own son in a bear hunt. She lead an older Arcas also now a renowned hunter to track down his mother and kill her without realising his relationship to her and whilst Hera's death plot nearly succeeded, her plans thwarted when Zeus suddenly turned the mother and son into two constellations in the night sky: Ursa Major and Ursa Minor- the big bear and little bear before Arcas' weapon could strike his mother. Furious Hera demanded her aunt and uncle-Tethys and Oceanus to never let the bear constellations shine on the ocean. In the myth of Lamia, Hera turned one of Zeus' mortal girlfriends, a Queen named Lamia into a part snake being, and removed her eyelids, thus torturing her to never blink and Zeus, to stop Lamia's suffering removed Lamia's eyes. In the birth myth of Dionysus, Hera also planned the death of a mortal Princess named Semele for being one of Zeus' lovers by causing her to see Zeus' true form. In this death plot, Hera took the form of one of Semele's nurses, Beroe and spoke to Semele and implanted suspicion in Semele's mind of her lover's true identity and encouraged her to ask to see Zeus' true form so she would be sure of his identity. Having unknowingly fell for Hera's trap, Semele later asked Zeus to show her his true form to make sure of her suspicions and after constantly asking him, Zeus fulfilled Semele's request which caused her to be killed on the spot from a bolt of lightning, due to no mortal being able to see Zeus' true form and live. With this Zeus performed a caesarian section on Semele's corpse to remove their unborn child and implanted the fetus into his thigh, later their child would be delivered from Zeus and named Dionysus. Hera immediatly plotted against the baby Dionysus, she cursed anyone who looked after or raised him, until Zeus sent the boy to the Pleiad and the Hyade Nymphs who raised the child in secret, disguised as a girl. Hera would eventually have to leave her vendetta against Dionysus in the past, when Zeus instated him as a member of The Twelve Olympians, allowing him to finally live peacefully and happily on Mount Olympus.

In the myth of Heracles, Hera would also prevent her daughter and assistant, Eileithyia the goddess of childbirth from helping the mortal Princess Alcmene in her labour with her sons, Heracles and Iphicles, because she was carrying the son of Zeus (who had previously disguised himself as Alcmene's husband Prince Amphitryon and slept with her). However Alcmene's midwife managed to say something which tricked the goddess Eileithyia to come and deliver her sons. Out of anger Hera turned this midwife into a polecat and later sent two snakes to a baby Heracles (Zeus' son) to kill him, but he would manage to grab and kill these snakes with his godly strength. Holding onto her grudge with Zeus' bastard son, Hera struck an adult Heracles into a frenzy of anger and madness, causing him to kill his wife, Megara and their sons, which would lead to Heracles completing the 12 Labours to make up for his crimes. When Heracles finally became deified on his funeral pyre and rose to Mount Olympus, he was rewarded with the hand of Hera's daughter Hebe in marriage. Hera staunchly disapproved of this union and became even angrier when her daughter bestowed Heracles with eternal youth. The marriage however would allow Hera to slowly reconcile and form a more positive relationship with her once hated stepson.

At the wedding of Thetis and Peleus on Mount Olympus, Hera, Athena and Aphrodite would argue over owning a golden apple inscribed "to the fairest" and after the Gods were unable to choose a worthy owner of the apple, Zeus commanded his son Hermes, to find the most attractive mortal to make the decision on their behalf. Hermes would arrive back to Mount Olympus with Paris, Prince of Troy. The three goddesses including Hera bribed Paris to give them the golden apple by offering gifts. Hera offered Paris his own kingdom, Athena promised success in all contests and Aphrodite vowed to give Paris the love of the most beautiful woman in exchange for the apple. Paris after hearing the gifts and judging their beauty chose Aphrodite. Which left Hera and Athena exasperated and infuriated. After the Trojan Wars began from Aphrodite bringing Helen of Troy to Paris (thus Helen leaving her family including her husband, King Menelaus who started the war to bring his wife home), Hera sided with King Menelaus and Greeks in the wars whilst Aphrodite allied to the Trojans and Troy (Paris' home). Hera did many things during the war (which lasted years), such as plotting to kill Aphrodite's son Aeneas (her son with the Trojan Prince Anchises) and bribing the god of sleep Hypnos to make Zeus fall asleep during a period of the war in exchange of the hand of the Grace- Pasithea in marriage for him. Which Hypnos fulfilled. Hera's works in the war would allow the Greeks to eventually win.



Personality[]

Hera is bold, clever, powerful and assertive but also jealous, vain, wrathful and short-tempered. Despite all that, she does realize the errors of her ways by slaying someone, punishing them, can be wrong.

When Zeus cheats on her, she become extremely jealous, vengeful, cruel, vindictive, merciless and ruthless. She would use all the abilities she had to stop Zeus' lovers from giving birth to his children. For example, when Alcmene was about to give birth to Heracles, she sent her daughter the goddess of childbirth, Eileithyia to prevent her from giving birth to Heracles and later she sent the Graea Witches to harden Alcmene's labour. However she fails to prevent his birth. She continues to torture Heracles throughout his life. Other than that, Hera once decreed that no lands, islands, regions, mainlands nor any stable lands to give Leto a place to give birth to Apollo and Artemis.

Many other of her stepchildren also suffers her jealousy, wrath and vengeance. For example, Hera sent Python to harass Leto and her children after she disobeyed her. She often strike Dionysus and Heracles with madness in order to torture them mentally or make them do something barbaric so that she can make their life sinful or frame them. Hera likes to sets up traps for her stepchildren.

She also killed many of her stepchildren, such as Zagreus. She lured Zagreus with toys and took him to the Titans lair. When the Titans saw him they took him and ate him.

She appears to be extremely wrathful and vindictive. She has no limit toward her wrath and vindictiveness. The Trojan War would have ended in peace but Hera sent Athena to re-start the war. She did this because she wants to see the city of Troy burn to the grounds and all the Trojans die or enslaved. Hera did all this, because she didn't win a beauty contest with Aphrodite and Athena.

Hera is also very stubborn and often rebels against her own husband, Zeus. She refuses to submit herself to him and she often schemed against him. She even attempted to overthrow Zeus once. Hera used all the magic that she had to destroy her victims and she would never admit defeat to anyone. She often schemes with many gods and goddesses in order to achieve her goal.

She is also self-centred. Zeus once threatened to destroy Sparta, Mycanae and Argos in which 3 of these cities are Hera's favourite city. Hera directly surrendered 3 of her favourites cities to Zeus as if she doesn't even care what's going to happen with her devoted followers or worshippers, she only cares about herself and her goals.

Despite all of her negative traits, Hera took her role as the Queen of Heaven, goddess of woman, marriage, family and childbirth very seriously and she is always there to help & protect pregnant woman in their labours. She also often punishes husbands who abuse their wives. She also can be caring, sweet and compassionate, with a motherly side, when she is not angry, and is a loyal wife to Zeus.  

It seems as if Hera's cruelty towards Zeus' lovers and illegitimate children comes from a deep place of pain and sorrow for her husband's constant disloyalty and humiliation to her (with his affairs) compared to Hera's steadfast loyalty to him, (both Hera and Zeus loving each other) and with Hera as the goddess of marriage being tied to Zeus forever and not able to divorce him.

Weaknesses[]

Hera is indicated as being mean and intimidating. Hera also has very short-temper and back when she was young, she wasn't able to handle her temper. So, Rhea, Hera's mother sent her to Oceanus and Tethys. The couple worked as a therapist to Hera and few years later she finally returned to Olympus. Some version said that she was kind, gentle and maybe even friendly and loveable when she returned to Olympus. Zeus blackmailed her and she was embarrassed, not wanting to be shunned by the other Gods, she gives into marrying Zeus to cover her shame.

Appearance[]

Hera was usually represented in art as a stately woman crowned, in a robe, wearing a headdress and wielding a sceptre. She was sometimes depicted with a peacock or even riding in a peacock-drawn chariot.

In Greek Mythology, Hera was described as a beautiful, tall, modest and elegant woman with big, captivating and beautiful eyes and soft white skin. Homer also referred to her as "cow eyed". Some ancient sources claimed Hera is almost as beautiful as Aphrodite herself. Hera likes wearing veils, elegant clothes and her golden crown decorated with precious gemstones with expensive jewelleries from head to toe.

Hera has a huge pride on her beauty.

Relationships[]

Family[]

Parents[]

Cronus- Cronus is the father of Hera and her siblings. Shortly after she was born, Cronus swallowed her, out of fear of his father, Uranus' prophecy coming true of Cronus' own child overthrowing him and taking his place as the leader of the gods. Hera lived in her father's stomach for many years with Cronus' other children and her siblings, Hestia, Demeter, Hades and Poseidon until Zeus rescued them, the siblings would then go to war with Cronus and his allies and after defeating the group had them locked in Tartarus. Cronus is one of Hera's greatest enemies and they do not have a loving bond despite their relation, with Cronus continuing to hate the Olympian Gods and wanting to dethrone them.

Rhea- Rhea is the mother of Hera and her siblings, she was helpless to her husband Cronus who swallowed their first five children, but was smart enough to trick Cronus into swallowing a rock instead of their last child. Unlike Cronus, Rhea is assured to be a loving, kind, caring and protective parent to Hera and her other children according to the myths.

Siblings[]

Hestia- Hestia is Hera's older sister and the eldest of Cronus and Rhea's six children. Not much is known about their relationship but they were close allies from the start. The two seem to be get on very well and have no qualms between each other.

Demeter- Demeter is Hera's second eldest sister, their relationship was not described much in mythology. But it is known that they lived together for a long time in Cronus' stomach and were allies from the very beginning with the two fighting in the Titan Wars together and being founding members of the Twelve Olympians. The two likely had a strong sisterly bond which may have faded over time when they got on with their own lives and individual responsibilities, with Hera being the Queen of the Heavens and Demeter being more earth focused. Hera did not appear to hold a grudge towards Demeter for Zeus' affair with her and did not harm Demeter nor Persephone (the child of Demeter and Zeus), showing a rare moment of Hera's mercy towards her husband's extramarital lovers.

Hades- Hades is the eldest of Hera's younger brothers. Not much was described about their relationship in the accounts. Both fought in the Titan Wars together and were among the first Olympian Gods. The two likely respect and honour each other for their relation and roles.

Poseidon

Zeus- Zeus is the youngest of Hera's siblings, he was responsible for rescuing her and his other siblings from Cronus' stomach. The two would later fight beside each other in the Titan Wars and become two of the founding Olympian gods. Zeus fell in love with Hera and wanted to marry her and over hundreds of years asked for her hand in marriage but Hera always turned him down, until one day knowing of Hera's love of animals Zeus turned into a distressed Cuckoo near the goddess, and taking pity on it, Hera took the bird shaped Zeus home, caring for him until he presumably became healthy. After Zeus transformed back into his true form having fooled the goddess-Hera agreed to marry him and they had a lavish celebration on Mount Olympus. Being Zeus' favourite love interest, he made Hera the Queen of the Gods, but he constantly committed adultery on her, having extramarital affairs with other goddesses and human women and even fathering children with many of these women. Hera being a loving and loyal wife to Zeus would often take her anger with Zeus' infidelity out on his lovers- including Io, Leto, Alcmene, Lamia, Callisto and Semele and their children such as Dionysus and Arcas. This is due to Hera being unable to punish Zeus after making an oath not to ever betray Zeus again after her notorious plan to dethrone him failed.

Children[]

Hebe- Hebe is the daughter of Hera, one myth describes Hera becoming pregnant with her after consuming Lettuce whilst dining with Apollo. Hera and Hebe appear to be a loving and close pair with Hebe being part of Hera's retinue and during her youth, assisting her mother into her carriage. Hera however, staunchly disapproved of Hebe's marriage to Heracles, (one of the Hera's greatest enemies being born of her husband, Zeus and a human princess Alcmene) which angered her after she found out. But Hebe's marriage would allow Hera to slowly reconcile with her stepson, Heracles, turned son in law.

Eileithyia- Eileithyia is Hera's daughter. She is the goddess of childbirth and the protector of pregnant women, Eileithyia works closely with Hera, fulfilling her commands. She is also part of Hera's retinue. When Hera prevented Eileithyia from helping Leto give birth to Apollo and Artemis, Eileithyia snuck to Leto and helped her after Hera became distracted by other gods, showing that she does not hold her mother's grudges toward others.

Ares- Hera's son. Unlike Zeus who did not show him any approval or affection, Hera loves him very much despite his violent nature. Thanks to Hera's influence, Ares also became one of The Twelve Olympians.

Hephaestus- Hera's son by herself or with Zeus depending on which account, Hera was said to be horrified with her son's appearance and after she birthed him threw him out of Mount Olympus, luckily he was rescued by Eurynome and Thetis, who raised him to become a blacksmith. Hephaestus would grow up to take vengeance on his mother after he returned to Mount Olympus, by giving her a new throne, that after she sat on trapped her. Hera became so annoyed and exasperated as she demanded to be freed, leading to Dionysus making Hephaestus drunk with his wine and convincing him to free Hera. After Hera became captured by Zeus and was chained to the sky, after her failed attempt to dethrone him, Hephaestus felt compassion for Hera and wanted to free her but Zeus forbade him to help her.

Friends[]

Hera is friends with Iris, her personal messenger. She has a soft spot for her and rarely got angry at her. She also has many other friends such as her daughters Hebe and Eileithyia, her elder sisters Demeter and Hestia, her brother Poseidon (sometimes he is her ally and sometimes he is her enemy), her stepdaughters Athena and Persephone and lastly her son Ares and her stepson Hermes.

Enemies[]

Hera's enemy is her own father Cronus and Cronus' allies including, Atlas, Menoetius and Arke. Her enemies also include her stepchildren: Artemis, Apollo, Dionysus and Heracles (former enemy). Hera is also enemies with her cousin Leto. Hera also has many other enemies such as her daughter-in-law, Aphrodite, her grandson Eros, Anteros and Himeros, her step-grandson Aeneas, Zeus' cupbearer Ganymede, Europa, Semele, Alcmene, Leto, all of Zeus' lovers and lastly, she hates all the Trojan people.

Gallery[]

Hera's gallery can be viewed here.

Powers & Abilities[]

As the Queen of the Gods and an Elder Olympian Deity, Hera is very powerful. Her rage invokes fear in both men and gods. She is more powerful than her elder sister Demeter and Hestia. Even the Mighty Zeus fears her wrath and would try his best to avoid her bad side.

  • Immortality- Hera being a goddess was of-course an immortal being. She has been around for few centuries.
  • Supernatural Beauty- Hera was once the most beautiful of all the goddesses before the birth of Aphrodite. Many of the gods fell in love with her but only Zeus managed to become her husband. The mortal Ixion, also became quickly infatuated with her during his visit to Mount Olympus.
  • Biokinesis- Hera was believed to have power over woman's menstrual cycle. Woman who suffers a great pain during their period was said to be punished by Hera for doing something unladylike or offensive.
  • Divine Authority- Just like her husband/brother, Zeus, Hera can command any animal, monsters, creatures, human or gods to do her bidding.
  • Telekinesis- Hera has the ability to move any object with her own mind.
  • Pathokinesis- The ability to control/manipulate mind. Hera often struck Dionysus with madness when he was still a demigod.
  • Shapeshift- Hera can change her appearance into whatever she desires. She often spies on followers of whom she suspected disloyalty.
  • Curse/Blessings- Hera once curse Echo that she could only repeat back what people said as a punishment of helping Zeus getting away from her. She also can bless those she deems worthy.
  • Superhuman Senses- Hera's senses are omniscient. She can sense something very far away. Even Zeus has to be careful from being noticed by Hera.
  • Superhuman Stamina- Hera can stay up all day long without any sleep nor rest. Although she consumes ambrosia and nectar to maintain herself.
  • Superhuman Strength- As a goddess, Hera is stronger than any human could ever be. She killed the Giant Pheotus during the Gigantomachy with her own bare hands and one-shotted Artemis during the Trojan War by boxing her ear.
  • Aerokinesis- The ability to control/manipulate wind. Hera overpowered Artemis during the Indian War of Dionysus (by Nonnus, an ancient Greek-Egyptian poet) by using wind.
  • Atmokinesis- The ability to control/manipulate weather. Hera once plagued Heracles with a deadly thunderstorm that would have killed him if Zeus haven't woken up and stop her at last minute.
  • Marriage Manipulation- As the goddess of marriage, Hera can curse or bless any marriages she wishes. Hera can bring familial happiness, fortunes and bless a family with healthy and strong babies. But she can also bring familial discord, misfortunes grant a family of whom she cursed an ugly, deformed and disabled children.
  • Monster Conjuration- Hera turned Lamia into a monster who feed on children as a punishment for having an affair with her husband.
  • Terrakinesis- When angered, Hera is known to cause a massive destructive earthquake.

Names and Epithets[]

Some of Hera's many epithets were:

  • Aegophagus, meaning 'the goat eater', a surname under which she was worshipped by the Lacedaemonians.
  • Alexander (Alexandros), meaning the defender of men, a surname she was worshipped with at Sicyon.
  • Antheia meaning the blooming or friend of the flowers, a surname under which she had a temple at Argos.
  • Argeia meaning ruler and protector which was derived from Argos, the principal seat of her worship.
  • Bunaea derived from Bunus, the son of Hermes and Alcidameia, who is said to have built a sanctuary to Hera on the road which led up to Acrocorinthus.
  • Hypercheiria meaning 'the goddess who holds her protecting hand over a thing', which was a surname used for Hera at a sanctuary at Sparta.
  • Parthenia- meaning 'the maiden', an epithet also used for Artemis.
  • Pharygaea- derived from the town name Pharygae in Locris where Hera had a temple.
  • Samia- Derived from Samos, the name of an island she had a temple and was worshipped.

Some of Hera's cult titles were Nympheuomenê meaning 'betrothed bride', Teleia meaning 'adult woman', Khêra meaning 'widow', Gamêlia meaning 'of marriage', Autorôtê meaning 'unbulled' or 'virginal', Zugia meaning 'yoked' or 'married' and Olympia meaning 'of Olympus' .

Symbols[]

Hera's symbols include the pomegranate, a sceptre, lotus staff and a crown (either a polos or a diadem). Her sacred plants are the willow, lotus and lily flowers which represent fertility whilst her sacred animals are the cuckoo, peacock, cow and lion.

More Facts[]

  • Some ancient sources claim that Hera is not just Zeus' sister and wife but also his twin.
  • Hera is extremely a jealous wife. She can get easily jealous even when a woman had a slightest contact with her husband.
  • Hera is the anagram of her mother's name, Rhea.
  • Hera is a hardworking goddess. She expects a great result and would never tolerate a horrible one.
  • She often held grudges against her step-children.
  • Athena, Hermes, Helen of Troy, Persephone, Jason and Perseus are the only illegitimate children of Zeus to never feel Hera's wrath
  • Hera is very intimidating and strict.
  • Aphrodite almost has the same temper as Hera's.
  • Like the other major Goddesses in the Greek Pantheon, Hera has her own retinue, consisting of her two daughters, Hebe and Eileithyia, The Graces and her loyal handmaiden, Iris.
  • Hera was born with powers over astronomical space, similar to how Demeter has control over plant life and Hestia has control over fire, Hera used these powers against Cronus and his allies, in the Titan Wars. However upon marrying Zeus and taking a new role, she passed these powers to her second cousin, Astraea, who is also the goddess of innocence, purity, precision and justice.
  • Before marrying Zeus she was titled "the Queen of the Heavens" due to these powers.
  • Hera was the patron of the city of Argos.

Quotes[]

  • "You have done your work. Now go back to the underworld. What happen next is my concern."
  • "How dare you shameless bitch to come up and face me. Better for you to hunt down the ravening beast rather than to match your strength against mine. But if you would want to know what fighting is, then, come on, you will see how strong I am when you try to match your strength against mine!"
  • "Are you still angry at me? If I ask you for a favour, would you refuse it? Are you forever mad at me for defending the Danaans, while you help the Trojans?"


Monthly Update[]

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Table of persona
Talent 88
Beauty concern 98
Personality 70
Strengths 99

Trivia[]

Her name is spelt Ἡρη in Greek.

Hera's official Roman name is Juno.

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