Hera queen of the gods

Hera queen of the gods Hera the wife (and sister) of Zeus, is the Queen of the
Greek Gods.

To quote a line: "Zeus made Hera his buxom bride, and she lay in love with the king of gods and men and bore Hebe and Ares and Eileithyia."

Hera is usually considered as being both beautiful and
and to posses considerable cunning with a vicious streak.

Hera is known for her jealousy, and because of it, she
persecuted her husband's lovers and his children he had
by them. Zeus Love Page
Hera had three daughters: Hebe, the goddess of youth Eileithyia, the goddess of child-birth like Hera; and Eris, the goddess of strife and negative stuff, twin sister of the war-god Ares. There was also another Eris who was a daughter of Nyx, the goddess of night. Hera also had many nieces and step-daughters, etc.

Zeus and Hera have four children: Eileithyia Hebe Hephaestus and Ares

Creation of the Milky Way According to one myth: the Milky Way (Via Lactea) was formed by the milk of Hera, which flowed when she realized that she had been giving milk to Hermes (or in an other version Heracles) and thrust him away her breast. Others say Heracles sucked with such force that Hera pulled away.

Hera queen of the gods (The Bitch Goddess)

To say Hera was vindictive would be to 
belabors the obvious.

It is said that Tiresias was blinded by Hera for 
saying that women enjoy the pleasures of love ten 
times more than men. Saying that when the finger 
cleans out the ear, it is the ear that feels better.

Hera away Orion's wife, into Hades because 
she rivalled herself in beauty.

Hera reduced  Echo's speech to response, because she held the 
goddess in long talk, preventing her to catch the 
NYMPHS who had been in company with her husband.

Hephaestus - Hera, they say, gave birth to 
Hephaestus by her self, because Zeus had, in 
the same way given birth, to Athena, who came out 
of his head. Others say that Hephaestus was her 
child by Zeus. no partner.

Opposing the Trojans: When Paris judged the 
goddesses, Hera promised him the kingdom over all 
men, but  Aphrodite 
had offered him the hand of Helen (that caused the 
Trojan War).

For this offence Hera worked for the destruction of 
Troy and the Trojans, and was against all their 
military efforts.  Sent storms, Kept Zeus from the 
battle. Used her magic belt's and her own charms 
to do anything she could to make Troy lose the war

Opposing Leto: Leto also, because of having made 
love to Zeus, was hunted over the whole earth by 
Hera, until she came to Delos where she gave birth 
to Apollo and Artemis.

Hera sent all kind of difficulties to Heracles, son 
of Zeus & Alcmena, including 2 headed serpents to his 
cradle. Even as a child, he killed the serpents with
his bare hands.

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