Hera



Hera (Juno)  // Symbol: Pomegranate, Peacock feather, and cow. // // Consort: Zeus // // Parents: Cronus and Rhea // // Siblings: Poseidon, Hades, Demeter, Hestia, and Zeus // // Children: Ares, Eris, Hebe, Eileithyia, and Hephaestus Adobe: Mount Olympus Roman Equivalent: Juno // //**Chief Function: **// Goddess of women, marriage, and birth. // **Marriage in Ancient Greece: ** //Wedding consisted of three parts: a pre-wedding ceremonies, the actual wedding, and the post wedding ceremonies. The hole wedding took about three days. The average age difference between husband and wife was 15 years. Before the wedding, the bride to be would make childhood sacrifices such as toys, dolls and clothing.
 * //About Hera://**

//More About Hera: // Hera was 1 out of the 12 Olympians. She was the wife and sister of Zeus. Her mother was Rhea and her father was Cronus. Juno, in Roman mythology, was the equivalent mythical character. Hera was known for her jealously and vengeful nature, noticeably against Zeus's other wives and offspring, but also mortals who crossed her. Together, her and Zeus had three children: Hephaestus, the smith-god, Hebe, the goddess of youth, and Ares, the god of war. Some myths say Hera's children were conceived without the assistance of man, but either by slapping the ground with her hand or eating a head of lettuce. Hephaestus, Hebe, and Ares were born out of lust and hatred, not love. Hera's anger was so violent, she went to tremendous lengths to punish her rivals. Legend has it that Zeus would chain her to the top of Mount Olympus to control herself.

//**Sanctuaries: **// Hera's main sanctuaries were at Argos in the Peloponnesus. There, she was worshiped as the town's goddess. The town also gave her public festivals called the Heraia. Other temples stood in Olympia, Mycene, Sparta, Paestum, Corinth, Tiryns, Perachora, and on other islands of Samos and Delos.

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