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=== 誕生 ===
ヘラは、末っ子のティターンで、クロノスとその妻であり妹であるレーアーの娘である。クロノスは、自分の子供によって倒される運命にあった。それを防ぐために、彼は生まれたばかりの子供たちをすべて飲み込んだが、レーアーは末っ子のゼウスの代わりに石を飲み込むように仕向けた。ゼウスは密かに育ち、成長すると父親を騙してヘーラーなどの兄弟を再生させた。ヘラは、末っ子のティターンで、クロノスとその妻であり妹であるレーアーの娘である。クロノスは、自分の子供によって倒される運命にあった。それを防ぐために、彼は生まれたばかりの子供たちをすべて飲み込んだが、レーアーは末っ子のゼウスの代わりに石を飲み込むように仕向けた。ゼウスは密かに育ち、成長すると父親を騙してヘーラーなどの兄弟を再生させた。その後、ゼウスはティターンに対する反乱を起こし、ティターンを追放し、世界の支配権を兄弟のポセイドーンとハーデースとで分割した<ref>https://www.britannica.com/topic/Cronus, Cronus Greek god, Encyclopædia Britannica, 2016-12-04</ref>。
Hera is the daughter of the youngest Titan [[Cronus]] and his wife, and sister, [[Rhea (mythology)|Rhea]]. Cronus was fated to be overthrown by one of his children; to prevent this, he swallowed all of his newborn children whole until Rhea tricked him into swallowing a stone instead of her youngest child, Zeus. Zeus grew up in secret and when he grew up he tricked his father into regurgitating his siblings, including Hera. Zeus then led the revolt against the Titans, banished them, and divided the dominion over the world with his brothers [[Poseidon]] and [[Hades]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Cronus|title=Cronus {{!}} Greek god|newspaper=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=2016-12-04}}</ref>
However, other traditions indicate that, like [[Zeus#Birth|Zeus]] and [[Poseidon#Birth|Poseidon]], Hera may not have been swallowed by Cronus. [[Pausanias_(geographer)|Pausanias]] states that she was nursed as an infant by the three daughters of the river [[Asterion_(god)|Asterion]]: [[Euboea_(mythology)|Euboia]], [[Prosymna_(mythology)|Prosymna]], and [[Acraea|Akraia]].<ref>Pausanias, Description of Greece 2. 17. 1-2, https://www.theoi.com/Nymphe/NymphaiAsterionides.html</ref> Furthermore, in [[the Iliad]], Hera states she was given by her mother to [[Tethys_(mythology)|Tethys]] to be raised: "I go now to the ends of the generous earth on a visit to the [[Okeanos|Ocean]], whence the gods have risen, and Tethys our mother who brought me up kindly in their own house, and cared for me and took me from Rheia, at that time when Zeus of the wide brows drove Kronos underneath the earth and the barren water." <ref>Homer, Iliad 14. 200 ff, https://www.theoi.com/Titan/TitanisTethys.html#Creation</ref>