She was daughter of Cronus and Rhea, and Zeus' wife. She was the queen of the gods and the goddess of marriage and motherhood. Her numerous quarrels with Zeus represented the atmospheric disturbances which disturbed the sky. Zeus won her heart changing into a cuckoo frightened by a storm. The goddess picked it up and laid it against her bosom. She was depicted as an impressive woman, holding a sceptre crowned with a cuckoo in her right hand, and a pomegranate in her left hand symbol of fertility.
