The queen of the heavens isn't a big fan of heroes. She is married to the Lord of the Sky, Zeus. She is a daughter of Cronus and Rhea, and wife and sister of Zeus. Hera was mainly worshipped as a goddess of marriage and birth. It is said that each year Hera's virginity returns by bathing in the well Canathus. The children of Hera and Zeus are the smith-god Hephaestus, the minor goddess of youth Hebe, and the god of war Ares. According to some sources, however, her children were born without the help of a man, either by slapping her hand on the ground or by eating lettuce: thus they were born out of lust and hatred. Writers represented Hera as constantly jealous of Zeus's various affairs with other woman. She punished her rivals and their children, among both goddesses and mortals, with implacable fury. She placed two serpents in the cradle of Heracles; she had Io guarded by a hundred-eyed giant; she drove the foster-parents of Dionysus mad, and tried to prevent the birth of Apollo and Artemis. Even Zeus usually could not stand up to her. Sometimes when he got angry, he chained her to the mountain of Olympus. However, most of the time Zeus resorted to stratagems: he either hid his illegitimate children, or he changed them into animals. Hera's main sanctuary was at Argos in the Peloponnesus, where she was worshipped as the town goddess. Also, in this town the Heraia, public festivities, were celebrated. Other temples stood in Olympia, Mycene, Sparta, Paestum, Corinth, Tiryns, Perachora, and on the islands of Samos and Delos. The peacock (her wagon was pulled by peacocks) and the cow are her sacred animals. The crow and the pomegranate are also dedicated to her. Other attributes include a veil. Hera is portrayed as a majestic, serious woman. Her Roman name is Juno. http://www.pantheon.org/articles/h/hera.html