Wazzup Pilipinas!
Hera is considered
as the Queen of the Gods since she
is the beloved other half of Zeus, the King of the Gods. She is one of
the Olympian Gods who reside in Mount Olympus. She was an offspring of
Cronus and Rhea. The pomegranate, peacock, feather, diadem, cow and lily
are her symbols.
Her siblings include Poseidon, Hades, Demeter, Hestia,
Zeus and Chiron. Yes, she was his brother's spouse. Zeus and Hera's
children include Ares, Enyo, Hebe, Eileithyia, Hephaestus and Eris. Her
Roman equivalent is Juno.
Hera was most known as the matron goddess, Hera Teleia;
but she presided over weddings as well. In myth and cult, fragmentary
references and archaic practices remain of the sacred marriage of Hera and Zeus, and at Plataea, there was a sculpture of Hera seated as a bride by Callimachus, as well as the matronly standing Hera.
Hera was also worshipped as a virgin: there was a tradition in Stymphalia in Arcadia that there had been a triple shrine to Hera the Girl (Παις [Pais]), the Adult Woman (Τελεια [Teleia]), and the Separated (Χήρη [Chḗrē] 'Widowed' or 'Divorced'). In the region around Argos, the temple of Hera in Hermione near Argos was to Hera the Virgin. At the spring of Kanathos, close to Nauplia, Hera
renewed her virginity annually, in rites that were not to be spoken of (arrheton).
Contributed by Isabelle Pozon
*The photo above was courtesy of Ate Alyssa Lola from the previous fifth batch of PCSHS.
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