Hestia, Greek Goddess

Hera: Queen of all the gods and goddesses, she is the goddess of marriage and family. Her symbols are the Peacock and the Cow. Hera is sister to Hades, Poseidon, and also wife of Zeus. Zeus had an affair with a mortal and had a kid named Heracles. When Hera heard about it she got mad so she decided to punish Heracles for it and sent snakes to attack him in his crib.

Zeus was the youngest of the children born from Kronos and Rhea. Kronos swallowed all of the his children one by one because of an old prophecy he had heard that one of his children will overthrow him. When Rhea found out she was pregnant with Zeus, she was not going to let the same thing happen to him, so she gave birth to Zeus in Crete, and tricked Kronos into swallowing a rock, leading him to believe that it was the baby, making all of the other children come back in reverse order, so now the oldest one is the youngest. This made Zeus to now be the oldest, and the strongest, of all of his siblings, being that he was never swallowed. He is the God of the Sky, and also controls thunder and lightning, which he often uses to his advantage. Zeus plays a huge role in Hesiod’s Theogony, as he is portrayed to of been riddled with bad temper, and we see that a lot in some of the actions he takes through it.

She is a goddess of the Olympian generation, daughter of Cronus and Rhea and sister to Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Demeter and Hera. Hestia was the goddess of the hearth, home, architecture, domesticity, family, and the state. She was one of only three virgin goddesses, next to Athena and Artemis. Although both Poseidon and Apollo wanted to marry her, Hestia made an oath to Zeus that she would remain forever pure and undefiled, never entering into a union with a man. Hestia was the eldest daughter of Cronos and Rhea.

Daughter of Cronus and Rhea, sister of Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hera, and Hestia. Mother of eight children.

She was called the “Queen of Heaven’. Hera was a powerful queen in her right. Her symbols area: Cattle, Peafowl, Pomegranate, Lion, Diadem, Sceptre, Sacred Lotus, Lily, Cuckoos, Black Panther, Feather, and Throne. She was Zeus’s wife and sister. Hera was the reigning female goddess of olympus because she was Zeus’s wife.

Due to his many affairs their marriage was not a happy one. Zeus used all kinds of tricks to hide his infidelity from her. Hera was very jealous and punished him by avenging her self on the females with whom he dallied. Their marriage produced four children, Hebe was the goddess of youth and acted as a cupbearer of the

Hera is my god for this essay. She was the Olympian queen of the gods, and the goddess of marriage, woman, the sky and the stars of heaven. She is famous because she was usually depicted as a beautiful woman wearing a crown and holding a royal, lotus-tipped scepter, and sometimes accompanied by a lion, cuckoo or hawk. Hera was the Olympian queen of the gods. She was worshipped by the Greeks as the patron of women and marriage. I think it’s important to know about Hera because she was wife and the sister of her brother Zeus. Hera was the daughter of Cronus and Rhea. Hera grew up in Titan Ocean and the Tethys raised her. When she grew up Zeus found her attractive and tried to seduce her a couple times but failed. Hera has three brothers Poseidon,

Do you ever wonder what it would be like to have a unique power such as fire? It hasn’t quite crossed my mind, but I believe that it would be extremely valuable to have a power such as Hestia. I wish most girls were like Hestia, and didn’t like to start gossip about others. I often feel like I am Hestia in the way that I feel like I should take care of people and make sure that they are properly fed & clothed. Next time you wish you had a power, just try to put yourself in Hestia’s shoes & see how you

​Isis, the ideal mother and wife worshiped by ancient Egyptians, believed to be the patroness of nature and magic. Isis is often depicted as the mother of Horus. Horus is one of the more significant deities of Egyptian religion. Often represented by a falcon, Horus is said to be the sky, also containing the sun and moon. After visiting the Brooklyn Art Museum, I was most intrigued by the bronze statue of Isis Nursing Horus. I noticed the parallels between Isis and Horus statue and the Christian Virgin Mother and

When Hephaestus was born Zeus and Hera were in an argument. Heras anger built up and she grabbed Hephaestus by the leg and threw him off Mount Olympus. Hera said that he was the most appalling child she had and that she wanted nothing to do with him. Therefore, for nine days and nine nights he fell from Mount Olympus to the seas. He was then brought up by Thetis and Eurynome. Thetis was the god of the sea and the leader of all fifty Nereides. She was married to Peleus who was chosen for her. Eurynome was the third wife of Zeus and she actually caught him as he was falling from Mount Olympus. The two gods raised the boy and taught him all the skills he needed to know. Especially what it take to be an amazing artist. This incident made Hephaestus have to walk with a walking stick. As Hephaestus grew up he became the father of Blacksmiths. Hephaestus developed armor for Archillies, who was in the Trojan War, and many more accessories. Due to the amount of work he did, he always had crud on his clothing. The dirt on his clothing proved his hard work. The act of being a craftsman met a lot to

She was a powerful magician and a skillful healer, and protected the young and the ill. The goddess represented all things feminine, and the qualities of a good wife and mother. The moon was a symbol of Isis. She was said to know all secrets. She also created and nurtured all living things.

“Greek queen of Olympus, sister and wife of Zeus, daughter of Cronus and Rhea” (Daly 67). Cronus was the god of time and Rhea the goddess of nature. They were mother and father of the gods and held tons of power. When Rhea gave birth to Hera, there were a few difficulties. “but then swallowed by Cronus because he believed that one of his children would overthrow him just as he overthrew his father” (“Hera”).

Hera was born to Cronus, the Greek Titan god of time and the ages, and to the Greek Titan goddess queen of heaven and the mother of the gods.

A great statue was built as one of many votive offerings that once covered the island that also includes altars and temples. Throughout Greece in the north and south as well among the islands, festivals to Helios included sacrifices of white horses, oxen, sheep and burnt offerings of incense. Frankincense was the incense often used, and the rising vapors could be read by oracles and fortune tellers. Sacrificed animals were led to the altar in full adornment as if ready for the parade (entertainmentguide.com, 2015). Zeus gave Helios his own personally statue but in later times an earthquake hit and knocked down the statue (dreamessays.com,

Hera was the daughter of Cronus and Rhea. She was born on the riverbanks of Imbrasons, under a willow tree. When Hera and her siblings were born Cornos her father, thought one of his children was going to kill him, so he swallowed all of them. Including Hera. Later on when Zeus was born and grew up he killed Cronos, and freed his brothers and sisters.