Hera presides over the right ordering of marriage and is the archetype of the union in the marriage bed, but she is not notable as a mother. Titanis Selene (the Moon) Titanis Eos (Dawn) Mother of Typhon (Typhoon, Smoke) Khaos-Aer (the Air) Hemera (Day) Nyx (Night) Titanis Rheia (Flow) Temples throughout Greece Major temple and Games held at Olympia in Elis, Greece In Hellenistic imagery, Hera's wagon was pulled by peacocks, birds not known to Greeks before the conquests of Alexander: Alexander's tutor, Aristotle, refers to it as "the Persian bird." Likewise, the Athenians, during the month of Gamelion ("month of marriage") took part in an annual festival commemorating the "Sacred Marriage of Zeus and Hera," and during Metageitnion, celebrated Hera alone, in her role as the "Goddess of Charm."Īrgos in the Argolis, Greece (where she was raised) The cosmopolitan nature of the early cult of Hera is also evidenced in her iconographic representations. Though Greek altars of classical times were always placed under the open sky, Hera may have been the first deity to whom an enclosed, roofed temple sanctuary was dedicated. Hera was especially worshiped at the sanctuary that stood between the former Mycenaean city-states of Argos and Mycenae, where festivals in her honor called Heraia were celebrated. Ἀκραῖα ( Akráia) (She) of the Heights.Hera bore several epithets in the mythological tradition, including: E-ra appears in Mycenaean Linear B tablets. van Windekens, offers "young cow, heifer", which is consonant with Hera's common epithet βοῶπις (boōpis, cow-eyed). John Chadwick, a decipherer of Linear B, remarks "her name may be connected with hērōs, ἥρως, 'hero', but that is no help, since it too is etymologically obscure." A.J. The name Hera has several etymologies one possibility is to connect it with hōra (ὥρα), season, and to interpret it as ripe for marriage. 4.4 Stories of her favour and blessings.Not wanting to be seen as plain and dull like the cow, Hera chose the peacock to resemble her vain nature and the lion for her shrewdness and powers of hunting out Zeus' affairs. Her symbols were the lotus and the cow, due to its maternal nature. Paris offended her by choosing Aphrodite as the most beautiful goddess, earning Hera's hatred. Hera was known for her jealous and vengeful nature, most notably against Zeus's lovers and offspring, but also against mortals who crossed her, such as Pelias. She was the youngest daughter of Kronos and Rhea, and the sister and consort of Zeus. Her Roman counterpart was Juno, and she was sometimes identified with the Egyptian Isis. In Ancient Greek religion, Hera was the goddess of women, family, motherhood, marriage, fertility, birth, air, sky, familial love and the starry heavens. Hestia, Demeter, Poseidon, Hades and ZeusĪres, Eris, Enyo, Eileithyia, Hephaestus & Hebe Hera with her sacred animal, the peacock.Īardvark, bird feather, cow, crane, cuckoo, diadem, lion, lotus, lotus-tipped staff, peacock, pomegranate and poppy.
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