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Hera was possibly worshipped in Greece from early times and many , but scholars believe that she even may have had oriental Asian origins. In one archaic Greek dialect, she is known as the ‘mistress’‘mistress.’ <ref> Renehan, Robert. "Hera “Hera as Earth-Goddess: A New Piece of Evidence." ” Rheinisches Museum für Philologie 117, no. H. 3/4 (1974): 193-201</ref>. Hera was in particular associated with the Argive region and she may have been originally a local Argive God, who through a process of synchronization, became part of the Olympian Pantheon.<ref> Slater, Philip Elliot. The glory of Hera: Greek mythology and the Greek family (Princeton University Press, 2014), p. 12</ref>

In several Greek traditions, Hera is more of a nature Goddess , and she was the personification of the primal power of the earth. The Romans, as a result, identified her with their Goddess Juno. According to some sources, in particular Homer, Hera is the daughter of Cronos and Rhea , and her brother was Zeus. At one time during the war between the Titans and Olympians, she was swallowed whole by her father Cronos but was later freed.<ref>Powell, p. 161</ref>

Because her brother Zeus usurped their father’s throne, she was reared by Oceanus and ThetysTethys. Zeus was madly in love with Hera, despite the fact that even though she was his sister and he . He did all everything he could to woo her , and she eventually married him. At the wedding of Zeus and his sister/wife, Hera was presented with a magical tree with golden apples. In later traditions, she is shown as the consort of Zeus , who depends on her for advice and support.

Hera was often known as the mother of the Gods. She had eight children , and seven of these were fathered by Zeus, with the exception of except for Typhoon (more on this later). Among the children she had with the King of the Gods was Ares , the God of War. Another of their children was Hephaestus, the deity of metalworking and Angelo, a goddess of the underworld. Hera was not a maternal figure , and she was not interested in justice or even morality. She even cast one of her children out of Olympus because she thought the infant was too ugly. Hera was arrogant, headstrong and vain and portrayed as a scheming cunning and manipulative wife by poets such as Homer.<ref> Beckwith, Miles C. "The' “The’ Hanging of Hera' Hera’ and the Meaning of Greek ἄκμων." ” Harvard Studies in Classical Philology (1998): 91-102</ref>.