ヘーラーは、母神であるヘーラー・テレイアとして最もよく知られているが、婚礼も司る女神である。神話や教団には、ヘーラーとゼウスの神聖な結婚に関する断片的な言及や古風な慣習が残っている<ref>Farnell, I 191,</ref>。プラタイアには、カリマコスの花嫁姿のヘーラー座像と、母性的な立像のヘーラーが置かれていた<ref>Pausanias, [http://perseus.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Paus.+9.2.1 9.2.7- 9.3.3] , https://web.archive.org/web/20151106170825/http://perseus.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Paus.+9.2.1, 2015-11-06; Pausanias explains this by telling the myth of the Daedala.</ref>。
ヘラは処女としても崇拝された。アルカディアのスティムファリアには、少女ヘーラー(Παις [Pais] )、成人女性(Τελεια [Teleia] )、離別者(Χήρη [Chḗrē] 「未亡人」あるいは「離婚者」)の三者を祭ったという伝承がある<ref>Farnell, I 194, citing Pausanias [http://perseus.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Paus.+8.22.1 8.22.2] , https://web.archive.org/web/20151106170827/http://perseus.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/cgi-bin/ptext?, Paus.+8.22.1, 2015-11-06' Pindar refers to the "praises of Hera Parthenia [the Maidenly]" ''[[Olympian ode]]'' [http://perseus.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Pind.+O.+6.1 6.88] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106170829/http://perseus.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Pind.+O.+6.1|date=2015-11-06</ref>。 アルゴス近郊のヘルミオーネにあるヘーラー神殿は、聖母ヘーラーに対するものであった<ref>S. Casson: "Hera of Kanathos and the Ludovisi Throne" ''The Journal of Hellenic Studies'' '''40'''.2 (1920), pp. 137-142, citing [[Stephanus of Byzantium]] ''sub'' ''Ernaion''.</ref> At the spring of [[Kanathos]], close to [[Nauplia]], Hera renewed her virginity annually, in rites that were not to be spoken of (''arrheton'').<ref>Pausanias, [http://perseus.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Paus.+2.38.1 2.38.2-3] , https://web.archive.org/web/20151106170831/http://perseus.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Paus.+2.38.1, 2015-11-06.</ref>。ナウプリアに近いカナトスの泉で、ヘーラーは毎年処女性を更新し、口外してはならない儀式を行った(アーヘトン)。 Hera was also worshipped as a [[virgin]]: there was a tradition in [[Stymphalus (Arcadia)|Stymphalia]] in [[Arcadia (ancient region)|Arcadia]] that there had been a [[Triple Goddess (Neopaganism)|triple shrine]] to Hera the Girl (Παις [Pais]), the Adult Woman (Τελεια [Teleia]), and the Separated (Χήρη [Chḗrē] 'Widowed' or 'Divorced').<ref>Farnell, I 194, citing Pausanias [http://perseus.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Paus.+8.22.1 8.22.2] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106170827/http://perseus.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Paus.+8.22.1|date=2015-11-06}}' [[Pindar]] refers to the "praises of Hera Parthenia [the Maidenly]" ''[[Olympian ode]]'' [http://perseus.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Pind.+O.+6.1 6.88] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106170829/http://perseus.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Pind.+O.+6.1|date=2015-11-06}}</ref> In the [[Argolis|region around Argos]], the temple of Hera in [[Ermioni|Hermione]] near Argos was to Hera the Virgin.<ref>S. Casson: "Hera of Kanathos and the Ludovisi Throne" ''The Journal of Hellenic Studies'' '''40'''.2 (1920), pp. 137-142, citing [[Stephanus of Byzantium]] ''sub'' ''Ernaion''.</ref> At the spring of [[Kanathos]], close to [[Nauplia]], Hera renewed her virginity annually, in rites that were not to be spoken of (''arrheton'').<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [http://perseus.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Paus.+2.38.1 2.38.2-3] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106170831/http://perseus.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Paus.+2.38.1 |date=2015-11-06 }}.</ref> [[Robert Graves]] interprets this as a representation of the new moon ([[Hebe (mythology)|Hebe]]), full moon (Hera), and old moon ([[Hecate]]), respectively personifying the Virgin (Spring), the Mother (Summer), and the destroying Crone (Autumn).<ref>[[Robert Graves]] (1955), ''[[The Greek Myths]]''.</ref><ref>[[Barbara G. Walker]] (1983), ''The Women's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets'', p.392 {{ISBN|0-06-250925-X}}</ref>