mercoledì 17 gennaio 2018

Greek and Roman Deities: Hera & Juno

Second part of my series on the different versions of classical gods and goddesses, with the Greek and Roman take on the Queen of Olympus.
While Hera and Juno are both honored as patrons of marriage, faithfulness, and birth, the Greek gods’ queen was depicted as almost maniacal in her revenge against Zeus' lovers and bastard children, even to the point that she is the main antagonist in Virgil's Aeneis, when the two goddesses were by now long fused in one. Hera was also the one responsible for Herakles' madness, that drove him to kill his own wife and children, and patroned monsters such as Argos the Many-Eyed. Whereas Juno, originally, was venerated not only as Pronuba and Lucina but as Regina (Queen, protector of Romans at war and peace) and Moneta (Admonisher, patron of money foundries), and was much more regal and quiet than her counterpart. Her vast ("junonic") bosom was a symbol of fertility as well, while Hera boasted her ever-renewed virginity that returned every year after a bath in the Parthenia spring.

Hera (CN)
Favored Weapon: Flail
Domains: Air, Chaos, Community, Destruction, Protection
Subdomains: Cloud, Family, Hatred, Home, Rage, Purity
Druidic Domains: Mountain, Swamp
Inquisitions: Anger, Conversion, Inprisonment, Justice, Persistence, Revelation, Secrets, Truth, Vengeance
Mysteries/Spirits: Ancestors, Life, Wind
Witch Patron: Conspiracies, Deception, Devotion, Portents, Revenge, Transformation
Alternate Channeling: Air/Sky/Wind, Contracts/Oaths, Envy, Monsters, Protection, Revenge/Vengeance, Secrets
Clergy: clerics, oracles, inquisitors, investigators, warpriests, witches

Juno (LN)
Favored Weapon: Quarterstaff
Domains: Community, Healing, Nobility, Law, Protection
Subdomains: Family, Home, Leadership, Loyalty, Medicine, Restoration, Sovereignty
Druidic Domains: Mountain
Inquisitions: Conversion, Justice, Order, Restoration, Truth, Valor
Mysteries/Spirits: Ancestors, Life, Wind
Witch Patron: Boundaries, Devotion, Healing, Mercy, Protection, Revenge
Alternate Channeling: Air/Sky/Wind, Bravery/Valor, Contracts/Oaths, Protection, Rulership
Clergy: clerics, oracles, inquisitors, investigators, warpriests, witches

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