Hera

Hera was the Greek goddess of goddess marriage and childbirth, and the wife of Zeus.
She was one of the 6 children of the Titans Cronus and Rhea, alongside Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Demeter, and Hestia. All save for Zeus were swallowed by their father, who was hidden by Rhea. Later on Zeus returned, who released his siblings from their fathers stomach and started the war against the Titans, which they won and the new gods took over the world, becoming the Olympians.
After the war Hera attempted to stay a virgin goddess, and avoided the proposals of her brother Zeus. After many rejections, Zeus decided to rape her and in her own shame, she agreed to marry him. Hera would become the mother of the gods Ares, Hebe and Hephaestus with her Zeus, but her husband also became infamous for having numerous affairs with other women, both mortals and deities, which resulted in countless children, some of whom became other Olympian deities while others became many of Greece's legendary heroes. Out of anger towards Zeus' infidelity, Hera would often attempt to damage or kill both his lovers and their children, with varying success.
She was also a spiteful goddess during the Trojan war, who seeked the destruction of the city of Troy, due to being denied by the Golden apple by the Trojan prince Paris, who chose the goddess Aphrodite over her and Athena. Eventually she managed to convince her husband to allow the destruction of the city at the hands of the Greeks.
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