Hera

Hera

 Hera was the third oldest child of Kronos and Rhea. Zeus fell in love with her, but Hera kept telling him no. He made a deal with her, that if she ever told him she loved him, they would get married. She said she would do it, knowing she would never tell him she loved him. Later, there was a storm, and a cuckoo bird with an injured wing flew into Hera. She nursed it back to health, but when she was going to set it free, it wouldn't fly away. She thought it wanted to stay with her, so she was going to keep him as a pet. It nuzzled her, cooing.

 "Alright, I love you too," she said. The cuckoo immediately hopped on the floor and began growing in size. It morphed back into Zeus, who had disguised himself as the cuckoo to trick her into marrying him. Hera was furious, but she had made the deal, so she married Zeus. She became the goddess of marriage, and the protector of married women. Her sacred animals were the cow, peacock, and the cuckoo.

Hera