The queen of heaven in Greek mythology, Hera was the sister and wife of Zeus, the king of the gods. The Greeks worshiped her as a mother goddess and considered her a protector of marriage and childbirth and a patronspecial guardian, protector, or supporter of women. Many of the myths and legends about Hera concern her terrible jealousy of and revenge against Zeus's numerous lovers and children. Hera's counterpart in Roman mythology was the goddess Juno.

Birth and Marriage. The daughter of the Titansone of a family of giants who ruled the earth until overthrown by the Greek gods of Olympus CronusGreek deity, king of the Titans; son of Uranus and Gaia and Rhea, Hera was swallowed after birth by Cronus. Her siblings