A bailiwick is a territory governed by a bailiff. The Bailiff of Guernsey is the head of the parliament, the States of Guernsey, which makes the laws for the Bailiwick. But Sark and Alderney also have their own parliaments and pass some of their own laws.
The Casquets (49°43.′4″N, 2°22.′7″W) are a group of rocks 13 km northwest of Alderney and are part of an underwater sandstone ridge. Other rocks which appear above the water are the islets of Burhou and Ortac. Not many plants grow on them.
Lihou is a small tidal island (95 vergees; 7ha) that is part of the Channel Islands. It lies off the west coast of Guernsey and is the most westerly point in the Channel Islands. Coordinates: 49°27′38.16″N, 2°40′4.44″W. The island was bought by the States of Guernsey in January 1995. Lihou is joined to Guernsey at low tide by an ancient stone path between the island and L'Eree headland. It is part of the Parish of St. Peter's.
The country code (also used for internet) is GG.
Alderney
Alderney is one of the Channel Islands in the English Channel between England and France. It forms part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, but its parliament, The States of Alderney, still has the right to make laws for the island.
The traditional language was Auregnais, but nobody speaks it now.
During World War II Alderney was used to house four concentration camps by the Germans, who had occupied each of the Channel Islands.
Hera
In Greek Mythology, Hera is the goddess of woman, marriage, family, childbirth and Queen of Olympus. She is considered as one of the Twelve Olympians that rule on top of Mount Olympus. She is the youngest daugter of Kronos and Rhea. Hera is also the sister and wife of Zeus making her the Queen of the Greek Gods and Queen of Heaven. She is generally seen as the chief goddess of the Greek Pantheon.
According to the Ancient Greeks, Hera was once the most beautiful of all the goddesses, many of the gods lusted for her and wanted her to be their wife but only Zeus managed to gain her as his wife by using his slyness and tricks. She is also associated with many other things such as sky, air, woman's fertility, queenship, kingdoms, empires, heirs and etc. However her main role in the Greek Pantheon is being the goddess of woman and marriage. Her duty as a goddess is to protect woman from any circumstances and bless (or curse) marriages. Hera is known to be a loyal but jealous and vindictive wife.
Hera's sacred animals are cows, cuckoo and peacock. Her sacred symbols are diadem, crown, throne, pomegranate and lotus. She is generally depicted as a mature, very tall and beautiful woman with large, beautiful eyes and soft white skin with an unblemished complexion. She is shown to be wearing a diadem or a crown, holding a sceptre, wearing a luxurious robe and decorating herself with precious jewelries. Her childrens are Angelos, Ares, Hebe, Eileithyia and Hephaestus. Other sources also claim that Enyo and Eris is her daughters.
Zagreus is a son of Zeus with the goddess Persephone. Hera tried to kill him when he was a baby with the Titans. The Titans were going to make Zagreus come to him by showing him toys, and then eat him. Zeus scared the Titans away with his thunderbolts, but the Titans had already eaten everything but Zagreus' heart. Zeus used the heart to re-make Zagreus again. He did this by putting the heart in the womb of Semele. Zagreus is therefore reborn as Dionysus.
Echo is a nymph in Greek mythology. She once had the job of distracting Hera from Zeus having relationships with other women. She did this by leading Hera away and flattering her. When Hera found out she was very angry with Echo. She put a curse on her that meant that she could only speak the words of other people after she had heard them. It is due to this story that we get the meaning behind the word "echo".
Io is a mistress of Zeus. Hera almost caught Io and Zeus together, but Zeus hid Io by turning her into a cow. Hera was not fooled and said that Zeus had to give her the cow as a present. Once Io belonged to Hera she was looked after by Argus. It was Argus's job to make sure that Io and Zeus were never together. Zeus ordered Hermes to kill Argus so that Io would be free. Hermes did this by killing Argus after he had been lulled to sleep. Hera then sent a gadfly to sting Io as she walked about on the earth.
Lamia is a queen of Libya who Zeus was in love with. Hera was jealous of Lamia and turned her into a monster. When she was a monster, Lamia then killed her children. Another version of this story is that Hera killed Lamia's children and was then so sad that she turned into a monster. Hera also put a curse on Lamia. The curse was that Lamia could not close her eyes. Hera chose this curse because she wanted Lamia to always think about the picture of her dead children. Zeus then gave Lamia the gift of being able to take her eyes out, so that she could rest. She could then put them back in again afterwards.
When Hera found out that Leto was pregnant with twins by Zeus she was angry. She banished Leto from Olympus, she also banned her from giving birth on any mainland or island that was known. Leto found a floating island, called Delos. It was neither a mainland or a "real" island, so Leto was allowed to give birth there. Artemis was born first, who then helped Leto to give birth to Apollo. After Artemis and Apollo was born, Hera was furious. So she sent the snake-monster, Python to hunt Leto and her twins. When Apollo reached to his adulthood, he slayed Python in Delphi and decreed that the humans will built a temple there in honour of his victory against Python. Few years later, Hera sent a giant named Tityos to rape Leto, but he was killed by Apollo and Artemis. Delos was later held down with four pillars so that it would not float around anymore. It is said to be surrounded by swans and later became a sacred place to Apollo.
Heracles is the stepson and enemy of Hera. Hera discovered that her husband, Zeus had an affair with a mortal women named Alcmene and she became extremely jealous at the mortal woman. Hera used all the power she had to prevent Alcmene from giving birth to Heracles. When Alcmene was about to give birth to Heracles, Hera requested that Zeus swore an oath and declare upon all the other Gods that the descendant of Perseus will be born on that day and the child will rule eveything around him. Then Hera descended from Olympus to Argos and cause the wife of Sthenelus, son of Perseus to gave birth to Eurystheus after only seven months while Hera tried to prevent Alcmene into giving birth to Heracles by sending her daughter Eileithyia and witches. This cause the fullfilment of Zeus' oath in that it was Eurystheus instead of Heracles. Hera continues her wrath on Heracles while he was still an infant. She send two poisonous snakes to Heracles to kill him in his cradle. Heracles throttled the snake with his bare hands and the nurse saw him playing with the dead snake as if they were a child's toy. Hera continues to torture her stepson throughout his life.
There was a certain woman named Gerana, who became the queen of the Pygmies. She was worshipped as a goddess. They honour her greatly with prayers and sacrficial rituals. Gerana soon became very arrogant and claim that she was more beautiful than Hera. When Hera learned about this, she was enraged. So she turned Gerana into a crane bird and proclaimed that birds who were descendants of Gerana will wage an eternal war with the Pygmy people evrytime they migrated near Okeanus' lake.
Aegina was one of Zeus' many lovers. Suprisingly, Zeus was able to hide Aegina from the watchful eyes of his wife. Zeus slept with Aegina and she bore him a son named Aeacus. He grew up to a king. However, Hera soon dicovered about Aeacus. As usual Hera was very upset and angry when she knew about this. As an act of vengeance, Hera sent two snakes to poison the entire island's water which ultimately led the death of it's population.
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