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Hera the beautiful goddess is known for her looks, and jealous vengeful behavior. Hera rules over marriage, birth, and woman, the sky and the stars of Heaven. Hera depicted from the Greeks,it means”Lady”Roman name:Juno,and is also called the “the Queen of Heaven”.Hera was born, according to records in the Isle of Samos on the banks of the river Imbrasos. In the Greek mythology Hera’s parents were Rhea and Cronus. The wife of Zeus and mother of,Angelos, Ares, Eileithya, Enyo, Eris, Hebe, Hephaestus.
Hera being the goddess of marriage,childbirth and woman takes care of all of those aspects,despite being the goddess of marriage she was known for having a jealous and vengeful attitude to her unlawful husband Zeus.Hera constantly battled with her husband’s infidelity and she often took swift revenge at the lovers and the offspring Zeus had created with many other woman.One of them being that Hera delayed the birth of Leto, Leto was one of Zeus’s first mistresses. Hera prolonged her labor and sent emissaries to prevent any city from allowing Leto to settle down to give birth. Eventually, Leto

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