Editing Hera (section)

===Consort of Zeus ===
Hera exists as a spouse of [[Zeus]] and their "sacred marriage" was celebrated in many Greek festivals in a processional ceremony from ancient times.<ref name=Elder/> The myth of the premarital approach of Hera by [[Zeus]] is early mentioned by Homer .<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hom.+Il.+14.295&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134 Iliad 14.295]</ref> It is possible that the myth has its origins to an old custom of the European country  population, the premarital intercourse of the engaged couple.<ref>Farnell Cults I, p.185</ref> According to [[Walter Burkert]] the  "Mediterranean goddess of nature" becomes the bride of the Greek sky-god.<ref name=Burkert17>Burkert (1985), "Greek religion" :[https://books.google.com/books?id=sxurBtx6shoC p,17-18]</ref> He notices that "the disappearance and retrieval of Hera has parallels with other fertility cults" .<ref name=Burkert129>Burkert (1998), "Greek religion" , p.129-134</ref><ref name=Burkert52>Burkert (1985), "Greek religion", p.52  [https://books.google.com/books?id=sxurBtx6shoC p.52]</ref> Hera was originally a goddess of fertility in her fest "Toneia" at Samos and at [[Knossos]] in [[Crete]]. At Samos the image of Hera was hidden  bounted in willows and the participants tried to discover it.<ref name=OBrien53a>O'Brien Joan (1993), "The transformation of Hera" , [https://books.google.com/books?id=a77yKM26GfYC&pg=PA54 p.53-57]</ref><ref name=Bremmer>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YTfxZH4QnqgC&dq=artemis+lygodesma&pg=PA187 |title=Greek Religion and Culture, the Bible, and the Ancient Near East |isbn=978-9004164734 |last1=Bremmer |first1=Jan N. |year=2008|publisher=BRILL }} p.187</ref> At [[Knossos]]  Zeus is mating with the earth goddess (finally named Hera) in a very ancient ritual.<ref name=Elder/> In her festival [[Daedala]] at [[Plataia]]  there is an account of Hera's quarrel with Zeus and their reconciliation.<ref name=Burkert63>I Burkert (1985), "Greek religion",p.63</ref><ref name=Pausanias927/>