Unfortunately, Hephaestus was not a particularly good-looking god, and his garish appearance led to Hera throwing him off of Mt. He eventually landed on the island of Lemnos, though he was seriously wounded by the fall. Though he was disabled, Hephaestus was still very intelligent and found a way to enact some measure of revenge upon his mother.
On Lemnos, Hephaestus created an impregnable bronze workshop where he made many of his most famous inventions, including a clever trap for Hera. In order for Hera to secure her release, Hephaestus demanded that she arrange for him to marry Aphrodite , the most beautiful of goddesses. Hera acquiesced, though she never forgave Hephaestus for this treachery.
Zeus had many wives and lovers before Hera. One was Leto, a Titan and the daughter of Coeus and Phoebe. Though Hera did not know it at the time, Leto was already pregnant by the time she and Zeus were wed. When Hera discovered this pregnancy, she flew into a violent rage and pushed Leto from the top of Mt.
Furthermore, she swore to unleash her fury upon any land and any people that offered succor to the beleaguered Leto, who was now forced to wander the Earth. In response, Hera summoned a dragon named Python to hunt down Leto. Once she had located the Titan, Hera resorted to one final plot. As Leto went into the throes of labor, Hera detained her daughter Eileithyia, the goddess of childbirth, and prevented her from assisting with Leto's labor.
Hera's cruel act extended the agonies of childbirth out to nine whole months. At long last, Leto gave birth to Apollo and Artemis —the archer deities. Another common story saw Hera seeking revenge against Io. Olympus to ravish the maiden. When Hera caught wind of the affair, she sought out Io, but was unable to find her. Zeus, who was by now well-practiced at sneaking around on his wife, had transformed the young lady into a heifer and set her loose amongst the herds.
Not to be outdone, Hera sought out Argus, a creature with a hundred eyes, to spy on the herd and locate Io. Her plan was only thwarted when Hermes came along. On Zeus' orders, he lulled Argus to sleep with his music and killed him.
So great was her anguish at the loss of Argus that Hera set his eyes into the tail feathers of the peacock so that some memory of him would always remain. She also continued to torment Io, sending an enormous fly to pester the heifer. Hercules was born of a union between Zeus and the mortal Alcmene, the wife of Amphitryon.
When Alcmene went into labor with the offspring of the god, Zeus prophesied that the child would become a great hero and leader. Hera was appalled that Zeus would prophesy such a thing about one of his lover's children. In response, she appealed to her daughter Eileithyia to delay Hercules' birth, leaving Alcmene in the agonies of childbirth for seven months. Once Hercules was born, Hera sent a pair of snakes to kill the young boy. Hercules strangled them, however, and played with them like toys in his nursery.
Much later in his life, after he had married Megara, princess of Thebes, and conceived many children with her, Hercules was driven mad by Hera. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics".
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One day a grand celebration in honour of Hera was held in the town. When the mother's oxen cannot be found, the brothers Cleobis and Biton yoked themselves to their mother's cart and drove her the six miles to the temple.
When they arrived to the temple, Cydippe begged to Hera to give her sons strength and devotion. Hera listened to her prayer and she answered Cydippe's prayer in a her own way. Hera granted the twins: death. Hera is usually depicted as a tall and stately figure who is either crowned with a diadem or wearing a wreath, and carrying a specter. She was also said to be supremely beautiful, though her beauty is very different from that of Aphrodite's.
Homer described her as "ox-eyed" and "white-armed", which meant that she had large, soft brown eyes that one could become lost in, as well as a clear, pure, and unblemished complexion that was as white as ivory.
In fact, Zeus who was a connoisseur of beautiful women once confessed in a moment of pure passion that he considered Hera to be the most beautiful of all his lovers, and the only person who could truly inflame his sexual desires to their extremes. Hera is a very jealous goddess. She is easily angered and can be offended easily.
Her throne, chariot, and sandals are all made of gold. She gets mad and turns peoples' hair into serpents when ever they boast about their hair being more beautiful than Hera's.
In Ancient Greece , many people see her as a powerful and an immortal goddess. As the patron-goddess of woman, Hera held an absolute control over women's fertility and menstrual cycle.
She can cause all woman on earth to suffer great pain during they're menstrual cycle; can cause all woman to become infertile; capable to make all woman to become pregnant at the same time with or without sexual union ; she can decide whether a mortal child is to be brought to life or not; can decide whether a pregnant woman is to give birth to ugly, weak or a strong, healthy baby according to her mood and will.
As the goddess of family, if wronged, she can create strife or discord among families, households and married couples. However, if she is not wronged, she can grant them familial happiness, love, peace, fortunes and good lucks. Due to her status as Queen of the Gods, she can command any gods, mortals, animals or creatures to do her bidding. She is powerful enough to command any Olympians to do her bidding exception for Zeus , Poseidon and Hades.
People of Greece also worships her for clear skies and warm breezes. They believed that if she is angry she could curse them with a thunderstorm or a stormy weather. For example, Hera launched a deadly and destructive thunderstorm to Herakles that nearly killed him. She can create rain at her own will or by using her cow pelt.
Hera is physically strong enough to kill two Gigantes with her own hands during the Gigantomachy which is: Phoitos and Harpolykos. She also boxed Artemis' ear during the Trojan War and beat her up again during the Indian War of Dionysus , where Hera bruised Artemis' chest and the goddess Artemis fled with tears. Apollo was able to only console his sister as he was not strong enough to fight Hera on her behalf.
Athenian fourplay describes Hera's favourite power as the combination of mind control , hypnotism and illusion. As an Olympian , she posseses many other typical Olympian superpowers such as; the ability to curse and bless , telepathy , eternal youth, shapeshifting and flight. Greek Mythology Wiki Explore. Bureaucrats Messenger of Heaven. Register Don't have an account? View source. History Talk 0.
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