Hera Olympian Pendant
The Olympian queen Hera is portrayed on this coin-style medallion. The front side shows the crowned head of the goddess. The reverse side shows a peacock, an emblem of Hera.
Made in the United States of lead-free pewter. Pendant comes on a descriptive card with a black woven cord.
Symbols of Hera: Crown, the Peacock
Attributes of Hera: Marriage, Childbirth
Dimensions: Approx. .8 inch (diameter)
Olympian Pendants
The twelve Olympians are the most important deities in the Greek and Roman pantheons. Each presides over a different aspect of life, from love and family to craftsmanship and trade. We’re proud to offer this series of twelve medallion pendants for devotional and magickal use.
Our Olympian pendants are inspired by real classical artifacts and cast in fine lead-free pewter. Choose a pendant representing your patron or matron deity, or collect them all!
About Hera
Hera was the wife and one of the three sisters of Zeus in the Olympian pantheon. Her Roman counterpart was Juno. She is portrayed as majestic and solemn, often enthroned and crowned with the polos, a high cylindrical crown worn by several of the great goddesses. Hera sometimes appeared with a pomegranate in her hand, a symbol of fertility. She was known for her jealous and vengeful acts against Zeus’s lovers and offspring, as well as the mortals who crossed her (such as Paris, who chose Aphrodite as being the most beautiful goddess). The cow, the lion, and the peacock are sacred to her.
Hera was best known as the matron goddess and presided over weddings. She was also worshiped as a virgin who renewed her virginity annually, in rites that were not to be spoken of. She was the supreme Greek goddess, patron of marriage and childbirth, and a protector of married women.
