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They were thought to be vain. They represented Hera’s
pride.
Hera had big, brown eyes. Her symbols are related to eyes.
Besides peacocks, her special animals were cows. Cows
have big eyes. They represented Hera’s watchfulness. Hera
watched over everyone. She’s sometimes called “cow-eyed.”
Cows are also motherly. They raise babies with their milk.
The word pomegranate means apple with many seeds.
