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When Hera is mentioned, a visage of a vindictive, jealous wife is conjured to mind. Despite being the Queen of Mount Olympus, and wife to Zeus, she is often depicted through a warped misogynistic lens. Hera is seen as irrationally angry due to her constant scheming and aims to destroy the lives of Zeus’ many lovers and illegitimate children…but was she really so irrational? Hera is the goddess of marriage, of children, of the divine feminine – and her husband is constantly putting her role in jeopardy; flagrantly cheating and spreading his seed at any chance he gets. Let’s dive into Hera’s mythology and see beyond her depictions in myth written by men and discover who Hera is at her core.