Hera
Stub entity — referenced by another entity from source #388 but not yet directly extracted from its own source.
↻ synthesized from 75 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1400 – 2024
- Historical notes
- Worshiped since at least the Archaic period of Greece.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Auðumbla, Ymir, Búri, Nerthus, Podargos, Lampon, Xanthos, Deinos, Eirene, Nemea, Ersa, Pandia, Endymion, Dike, Musaeus, Eumolpus, Arcas, Upis, Oceanus, Kouretes, Adrasteia, Ida, Melissa, Night, Asklepios, Enodia, Saturn, Bellona, Ops, Juventas, Juno, Aethlius, Muia, Lakshmi, Parvati, Charites, Saraswati, Horae, Tridevi, Triglav, Athene, the Fates, Erecura, Aeraecura, Aerecura, Aericura, Eracura, Ercura, Heracura, Herecura, Herequra, Cybele, Greco-Roman Hekate, Selene, Inanna, Nut, Anat, Phoebe, Coeus, Tityos, Themis, Dione, Ichnaea, Erymanthus, Taleus, Khnum, Anuket, Sopdet, Polyphemus, Olympian gods, Tinia, Hercle, Menrva, Mean, Turan, Ate, Python, Boreas, Typhon, Charis, Aglaea, Ceres, Enesidaon, Sosipolis, Lucina, Alexiares, Anicetus, Ganymede, Iolaus, Alkmene, Drimios, Nike, Kronos, Horus, Zas, Chthonie, Harmonia, Electra, Concordia, Europa, Cadmus, Aphrodite Pandemos, Thaumas, Pothos, Arke, Melicertes, Leucothea, Pisetaerus, Quirinus, Hersilia, Lyssa, Athena Polias, Cereris, Phanes, Chronos, Erebus, Ouranos, Chaos, Aether, Semele, Nyx, Protogonos, Phaethon, Styx, Pallas, Calypso, Jove, Hypnos, Titans, Mamaragan, Black Adam, Spectre, Hippolyta, Éris, Eileithyia, Arge, Cronos, Opis, Oenone, Hecuba, Cassandra, Polydamas, Philoctetes, The Seasons, Neoptolemus, Epeüs, Sinon, Nestor, The Muses, Laocoön, Enyo, Keres, Phobos, Deimos, Erinyes, Merope, Pandareus, Adonis, Aëdon, Harmothoë, Cleothera, Orion, Melampus, Proetids, Momu, Achilles, Calchas, Acraea, Prometheus, Paris, Leda, nymphs, Ariadne, Narcissus, Amphitrite, Iris, Pheme, Echo, Leto, Eros, Zephyrus, Oceanic Nymphs, Castor, Pollux, Asclepius, Atlas, Iphimedeia, Aloeus, Alōīdae, Pan, Erechtheus, Jason, Alpheus, Cephissus, Amphiaraus, Amphilochus, Panacea, Archelous, Ammon, Muses, Rhea, Cronus, Demeter, Hestia, Poseidon, Uranus, Eos, Thetis, Moirai, Delphyne, Tartarus, Aegipan, Briareus, Eunomia, Persephone, Atropos, Eurynome, Metis, Mnemosyne, Clotho, Lachesis, Euphrosyne, Thalia, Brontes, Athena, Polydeuces, Hephaestus, Talos, Naiads, Medea, Calaïs, Zetes, hydra of Lerna, Carcinus, sibyl of the Delphi Oracle, Scylla, Charybdis, Vulcan, Mars, Minerva, Jupiter, Hecate, Diana, Isis, Astarte, Asherah, Hadad, giant, Bat, Dyaus, Prithvi, Minotaur, Palaemon, harpies, Ištar, Sol, Odysseus, Hermes, Venus, Aeneas, Nemesis, Apollo, Cerberus, Gaia, Helios, Artemis, Triton
- parent of
- Typhon, Arge, Heracles, Angelos, Eleutheria, Hephaestus, Ares, Eileithyia, Hebe
- enemy of
- Callisto, Semele, Ino, Zagreus, Dionysus Zagreus, Artemis (Diana), Aphrodite, Side, Leto, Io, Ephialtes, Otus, Dionysus, Leukothea, Otos, Asteria, Erinoma, Helen, Nephele, Porphyrion
- teacher of
- Flora
- consort of
- Zeus
- has aspect
- Hera Pais, Hera Teleia, Hera Khera, Hera the Charioteer
- student of
- Horai
Mentioned by
- Scylla
- Charybdis
- Vulcan
- Mars
- Minerva
- Jupiter
- Hecate
- Diana
- Isis
- Astarte
- Asherah
- Hadad
- giant
- Bat
- Dyaus
- Prithvi
and 40 more
Sources
- peer reviewed
- peer reviewed
- peer reviewed
- peer reviewed
- peer reviewed
- peer reviewed
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“Simek compares the deity to a variety of cow-associated deities among non-Germanic peoples, such as the Egyptian goddess Hathor (depicted as cow-headed) and Isis (whose iconography contains references to cows), and the Ancient Greek Hera (described as 'the cow-eyed').”
#5779 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The Argonauts were able to avoid both dangers because Hera ordered the Nereid Thetis to guide them through the perilous passage.”
#5978 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“All versions have eating human flesh make the horses calmer, giving Heracles the opportunity to bind their mouths shut, and easily take them back to King Eurystheus, who dedicated the horses to Hera.”
#6955 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Arge, a nymph and the daughter of Zeus and Hera.”
#8937 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Zeus's sister Hera carries the infant to Crete, where she entrusts him to Amalthea”
#8976 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5