Hera was the Olympian queen of the gods, and the goddess of marriage, women, the sky and the stars of heaven. She was usually depicted as a beautiful woman wearing a crown and holding a royal, lotus-tipped sceptre, and sometimes accompanied by a lion, cuckoo or hawk.

In ancient Greek religion, Hera is the goddess of marriage, women, and family, and the protector of women during childbirth. In Greek mythology, she is queen among the twelve Olympians on Mount Olympus, sister and wife of Zeus, and daughter of the Titans Cronus and Rhea.

Her iconography usually presents her as a dignified, matronly figure, upright or enthroned, crowned with a polos or diadem, sometimes veiled as a married woman. She is the patron goddess of lawful marriage. She presides over weddings, blesses and legalises marital unions, and protects women from harm during childbirth. Her sacred animals include the cow, cuckoo, and peacock. She is sometimes shown holding a pomegranate as an emblem of immortality. Her Roman counterpart is Juno, while the Etruscans equated her with Uni. Her main city-state in Greece was Argos.

One of her defining characteristics in myth is her jealous and vengeful nature in dealing with any who offended her, especially Zeus's numerous adulterous lovers and illegitimate offspring especially Heracles. For example when Heracles reached adulthood, Hera drove him mad, which led him to murder his family and this later led to him undertaking his famous labors which she constantly tried to sabotage Hercules' success. However some myths state that in the end, Heracles befriended Hera by saving her from Porphyrion, a giant who tried to rape her during the Gigantomachy, and that she even gave her daughter Hebe as his bride.

When Hera discovered that Leto was pregnant with Apollo and Artemis and that Zeus was the father, she convinced the nature spirits to prevent Leto from giving birth on terra-firma, the mainland, any island at sea, or any place under the sun. Poseidon gave pity to Leto and guided her to the floating island of Delos, which was neither mainland nor a real island where Leto was able to give birth to her children.

Hera also plays a substantial role in The Iliad, appearing in several books throughout the epic poem. She hates the Trojans because of Paris's decision that Aphrodite was the most beautiful goddess, and so supports the Greeks during the war. Throughout the epic, Hera makes many attempts to thwart the Trojan army.

Below are characters from Greek mythology who are considered children of Hera. In some cases there are conflicting stories about who their parents are. A complete list is here.
* Ares
* Hephaestus
* Hebe
* Eris
* Prometheus
* Typhon
* Angelos
* Arge
* Charites
* Eileithyia
* Eleutheria
* Pasithea

All published appearances of Hera from before January 1, )-(95)}} are public domain in the US.

Notable appearances are listed below:

* Iliad
* Theogony
* Homeric Hymn to Delian Apollo

* Herakles by Euripides

* The Private Life of Helen of Troy (1927)

* Humdinger vol. 1 #4

Hera.jpg|From Humdinger vol. 1 #4

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