answersLogoWhite

0

Why did Hera goddess of marriage and birth choose the cow?

Updated: 8/17/2019
User Avatar

Wiki User

14y ago

Best Answer

She was originally a cow goddess, and was probably later venerated as the protectress of marriage.

User Avatar

Wiki User

14y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: Why did Hera goddess of marriage and birth choose the cow?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

Hera goddess of birth or marriage?

In a way, both. Hera was a goddess of women, and marriage was -and still is - a big part of a woman's life, and the birth of a child the result of a marriage: when a women was giving birth, she was protected by Hera and the child by Artemis.


Was Hera the goddess of marriage or other goddess?

Hera is the goddess of marriage


What was Hera's job as a goddess?

Hera protected women in marriage, since she was the goddess of marriage.


Is Hera a goddess of childbirth?

Yup: She is Queen of the Gods and goddess of Marriage, Women and Birth


Hera was the godness of what?

Hera was the goddess of marriage and she was he wife of Zeus making her the queen of the heavens.


Is goddess Hera the god of children?

No, Hera is the goddess of women and marriage, the child is protected by Artemis or Apollo during birth, the mother is protected by Hera.


What is the Greek goddess Hera the god of?

Hera is the goddess of marriage and queen of the gods.


What was the Greek goddess Hera the goddess of?

Hera is the Goddess of Marriage.


Hera wife of Zeus is goddess of what?

marriage and fertility Hera was the goddess of marriage and childbirth. She was the goddess of women and marriage.


What were goddess Hera's spheres of influence?

Marriage, family


Who was Hera Juno?

the goddess of marriage is hera to the Greeks and juno was the roman goddess of marriage


Hera goddess of what?

Hera was the queen of gods and the goddess of marriage