(My commentary: Compare this illustration taken from an internet site to the red headed "great harlot" on page 239 of your Revelation book.)
She was worshiped as queen of heaven and patron of marriage and women. She also held the title Eileithyia, the goddess of birth. She was the patron deity of Samos and Argos, which held celebrations and processions in her honor. Her sacred animal was the cow. In literature she was depicted as a jealous wife who vindictively pursued the women Zeus seduced. Her sacred animals are the cow and the peacock. Her favorite city is Argos. The earliest evidence about her describes her as Queen of Heaven, great Mother Goddess, ruler of people. At Mycene, a Creatan colony, on the Greek mainland, miniature temples As Hera's worship goes back to that period, these statutes may represent her most ancient worship.
Another symbol of Hera is the peacock. Hera's watchfulness is symbolized by the peacock and the 'eyes' in its feathers. The cow, a less frequent symbol of Hera, was associated with her because she was said to have cow eyes, and disguised herself as a cow in one myth. Also cows were often sacrificed to her. Hera's cow identity shows her to be a heavenly goddess ruling the celestial vault and its luminaries.
