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**Hera** is the Greek goddess of women, marriage, childbirth, and familial love. She is the youngest daughter of Kronos and Rhea, as well as the older sister and wife of Zeus, therefore being the Queen of Olympus. Her Roman counterpart is Juno.

## Powers and Abilities

**Greek God Physiology:** The Greek gods are a race of immortal beings who control the forces of nature and human endeavors. Due to her status as an Elder Olympian and Queen of the Gods, Hera is an extremely powerful goddess. She is more powerful than the younger Olympians and her older sisters, although not quite as powerful as her brothers.

* **Shapeshifting:** In their natural, fully empowered form, gods are radiant with a divine light so intense that no being less than a god can look upon it without disintegrating to ashes. In order to interact with mortals and heroes, the gods take on a lesser form which can be safely observed. Hera has demonstrated this ability by transforming into an eagle while escaping from Kronos' palace, a bat while sneaking into Tartarus' maximum-security zone, and an old woman while visiting Semele.
* **Immortality:** All Greek gods are immortal due to consuming ambrosia and nectar, the food of the gods.
* **Omnipresence:** Gods are able to exist in many places at once as long as their domain is being invoked. When their presence is split between multiple places, they only possess a fraction of their power. They are truly only present in one place when in their divine form.
* **Omnilingualism:** The gods are able to speak multiple languages.
* **Power Bestowal:** Gods can impart their power onto others to create new gods, although with each new god created, the bestowing god loses a small and equal amount of their power. Hera granted Hercules incredible superhuman strength after he was breastfed by the goddess.
* **Levitation:** All gods are seemingly able to levitate.
* **Teleportation:** All gods can transport themselves instantaneously over vast distances, sometimes by way of special effects. When Hera teleports, she manifests "bursts of peacock-colored light".
	+ **Apportation:** She can also teleport others to their desired location, as she did with Jason, Piper, and Leo.
* **Telepathy:** Gods are able to hear, see, and or intuitively know the thoughts of lesser beings.
* **Superhuman Strength:** Gods possess extraordinary strength that varies depending on the god.
* **Superhuman Stamina:** Gods possess extraordinary stamina that varies depending on the god.
* **Transfiguration:** Gods are able to transform beings into other forms.
* **Power Drawing:** All gods draw most of their power from their sphere of control or domain. They also possess powers and abilities that are unique to their own domain and vary greatly, even among deities that preside over similar and/or overlapping realms. As the goddess of motherhood, childbirth, and women, Hera has various powers related to these, including:
	+ **Fertility Manipulation:** Hera has absolute control and divine authority over fertility. Her powers are most likely superior to those of her male counterpart Hymenaios.
	+ **Parthenogenesis:** Hera managed to become pregnant with a divine child all by herself. However, this may explain why Hephaestus was deformed since birth.
	+ **Relationship Manipulation:** As the goddess of marriage and family, all things related to domestic and familial relationships are under Hera's jurisdiction. Hera has been described as the "glue" that holds the Olympian family together; her absence can unravel the stability of Olympus and shake the foundations of the world itself.
	+ **Memory Manipulation:** Hera has the ability to steal and restore memories. She temporarily manipulated Percy Jackson and Jason Grace's minds to protect them.
		- **Memory Absorption**
		- **Memory Restoration**
	+ **Conjuration:** Hera is able to conjure delicious food on a marble table, as she did while Percy and his comrades were traveling through the labyrinth.
	+ **Reality Manipulation:** Hera has various capabilities to alter reality in specific ways. She can make things clean and orderly. With just a flick of her finger, she made Annabeth Chase's hair comb itself while all of the dirt and grime disappeared from her face. Additionally, she induced all "rooted lands" to deny sanctuary to Leto and threatened to curse them forever if they disobeyed her. She later promised to make Paris lord of all Asia and Europe if he claimed her as the fairest of the goddesses.
		- **Creation:** Hera has demonstrated the ability to manipulate reality to create life. She created the one hundred-eyed giant Argus and a cluster of reed plants to speak with Psyche.
	+ **Aerokinesis:** As the wife of Zeus, Hera can control and manipulate air, though to a lesser extent than her husband.
		- **Cloud Manipulation:** Hera can manipulate clouds to ride upon. She hovered over Thebes and later traveled to it on a golden cloud.
	+ **Insanity Inducement:** Hera has an infamous control over madness. She once drove the demigod Dionysus insane to the point where he had to go to Zeus to be cured. She later caused Hercules to kill his wife, children, and servants.
	+ **Dream Walking:** Hera can enter the dreams of others. Even when she was consistently drained of her energy, she could maintain communication with Jason through visions.
	+ **Animal Manipulation:** Hera has a high level of control over animals, particularly the cow and the peacock. She once summoned a massive venomous serpent into the river of Aeacus' island, poisoning its entire water supply. On another occasion, she sent a herd of cows after Annabeth.
	+ **Possession:** Hera can possess mortals.