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Happy Theogamia!!

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Hunt

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Peacock from Naturstudien Rudolfs II (collection of drawings by various artists employed by the Emperor, a.o. Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Jacopo Ligozzi, Joris Hoefnagel, Daniel Fröschl, Praha, 16th century). Image signed by Hans Verhagen.

Source: Österreichisches National Bibliothek (Call No. Cod. Min. 42, online: http://data.onb.ac.at/rep/10009912)

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Hera

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now i really want a peacock plushie for hera >:((

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Once again thinking about how much I love Hera.

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Hera

O royal Hera, of majestic mien, aerial-formed, divine, Zeus' blessed queen, throned in the bosom of cerulean air, the race of mortals is thy constant care. Orphic Hymn 16 to Hera (tr. Taylor) Glorious Hera, protector of women, goddess of childbirth, family, and marriage. Queen of Olympus, of the sky, she oversees all. To her, mortals pray for healthy babes and loving unions, and she grants them her mercy, knowing herself the suffering childbirth and marriage can bring.

LETS FKING GOOOOO

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Hera.

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Hera

Collection of my posts about the queen of the gods.

Anthesphoria Festival

Daedala Festival (Boeotian)

Descriptive Epithets

Epithets of Life Stages

Epithets of Places

Hera Aegophagus

Hera and the River Gods of Argos

Hera’s Asterion Flower (Argive)

Heraia (Olympian)

Heraia Games Festival (Argive)

Herakles in Hera’s Service

Ideas for her shrine, offerings and beginning worship

Iliad: Three Cities Dearest to Me

Modern Olympic Games: Temple of Hera

Nemean Lion

Notes on Argive Hera

Offerings

Reconciling Worshipping Zeus, Hera and Herakles

Socrates Swore by Hera

Zeus and Hera’s Marriage

Zeus Heraios

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Myth Retellings:

Daedala: Separation of Hera and Zeus

Hera and the Cuckoo

Interesting Articles and Resources:

Hera and the Return of Charaxos

Hera in the Homeric Hymns

Homer’s Savage Hera

Speak, Votives: Dedicatory Practice in Sanctuaries of Hera

Swearing By Hera

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little flower goat for Ἡρη Αιγοφαγος

click for better quality

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May Hera protect all those who fight for bodily autonomy, and may her wrath fall upon those who would take autonomy away

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@tarot-on-a-technicality​ For Hera — the regions of Argos, Samos, Magna Greca, Lesbos, etc will definitely want to be your focus of study.  Understanding Greek Religion <— has a section on Hera and the whole mythic vers cultic Hera 

Ancient Greek Cults (also has a section on Hera)

Religion and Society in Ancient Thessaly (Hera and her unique relationship with Thessaly & Themis)

@thegrapeandthefig​ should have more information on hera too!

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Just the two of us.

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Hera, Queen of Gods

Plus another version because i couldn’t choose which one i liked more!

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‘The Peacock’ (United Kingdom, circa 1890).

Sidewall. Machine printed on paper. Also used as a fabric design.

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.  Catalog Photo

Wikimedia.

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As the archetype of consummated marriage, the ancient ordinance of the marriage bed, Hera is everywhere the goddess of weddings and marriage - while seduction and carnal pleasure remain the responsibility of Aphrodite. In the wedding month Gamelion, sacrifices are made to her together with her Zeus, Zeus Heraios. She is invoked as the wedding preparing, gamostolos, as the uniter, zygia, and above all as the fulfilled, teleia, since marriage is in a special sense the goal and fulfilment of a human life. In front of her temple in Lesbos beauty contests take place. Sappho prays for Hera to be near her.

- Greek Religion by Walter Burkert, ‘Hera’ pg 132-3

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The Birth of the Milky Way, details - Peter Paul Rubens