Juno Roman Goddess of Marriage and Childbirth
Sierra Decker

Juno/Hera
Description: Juno/Hera
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Juno is the Roman goddess of marriage and childbirth. Juno is married to Jupiter and is an accomplished and beloved house wife. Juno’s sacred birds are geese and peacocks, and her sacred plant is the wild fig tree. Juno watches over all of the Roman women and keeps an extra watch over the married ones. In Roman mythology, Juno is so adored and looked up to as a protector of women that every year on March 1st, there is an enormous festival held in her honor. Women look to Juno as their protector and rely on her to do so.
Juno is a very loved and honorable goddess in Roman mythology however there are a lot of differences involving Juno in Greek mythology.
In Greek mythology, Juno’s name is Hera, wife of Zeus. Hera is also the daughter of Cronus and Rhea. According to Greek mythology, she spends her time getting revenge on her husband Zeus for his cheating and often acts blindly in her rage causing unforeseen events to occur. In Greek mythology, Queen Hera is definitely a handful with her antics, but the Romans don’t get upset by such an incredible difference, rather they enjoy the stories and share a few laughs at them.
Today in pop culture Juno is represented in many places. There is a movie with the title Juno about a teenager getting pregnant, relating to the childbirth side of the goddess Juno. Juno is also represented on a website named after Juno. The website’s name is off of Juno by the website being the mother of all other websites relating back to the mother side of Juno. Those are just two ways of how Juno is in pop culture today.
Overall Juno/Hera is an interesting Goddess between her loving motherly side in Roman mythology and her dangerous jealous side in Greek mythology, but she is also the goddess that everyone Greek or Roman have all come to know and love.
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