Radia Davis
Description: Juno with two babies.
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Mythology is always referenced in pop culture a lot nowadays. Sometimes we can be watching a movie, reading a book, or even playing a game without even knowing the background of it. Juno has occurred in several projects. The big one that everyone is conventional with is the movie Juno. Juno was about a teenage girl who gets pregnant. Another movie that some people may not be familiar with is Waitress. This movie was obviously about a waitress and how she got an unwanted pregnancy. As you can, see both movies talks about fertility which is referenced to Juno.
Just like the rest of America everyone has a family. We have all come from a mother and a father. Some of us may have even been blessed to have had siblings. That was the same for Juno. Juno was the child of Saturn and Rhea, was the wife of her brother Jupiter, her other brothers were Pluto and Neptune, and her sisters were Vesta and Ceres. Back then it was common for brother and sister to be married, but now it isn\'t likely that you would see that.
A story that Juno is present in is The Story of Heracles. This story was about Juno\'s husband cheating on her and seducing another woman, Together Jupiter (Juno\'s husband) and in the infamous woman had a child together and his name was Heracles. Juno sought out revenge for him when he was a kid and the order she gave to two serpents was to strangle him, but instead Heracles returned the attack. Juno punished Jupiter by drugging him and tying him up. Once he was fried he then tied her up with gold chains. After days of crying out, Jupiter finally freed Juno. Their agreement was for Jupiter to stop cheating and for Juno to never punish him again.
