Hera, the wife of Zeus, was very bitter and often tormented those who annoyed her. Hera had a reason for being bitter though, as Zeus was often unfaithful to her and treated her awful. The other gods did not show much respect to her either. She had three children. Her two sons were Ares, the god of war and Hephaestus, the blacksmith god and forger of weapons. Eris, her daughter, was the goddess of discord. Hera had a great power; she was able to prophesize future events and bestow the gift of prophecy on other gods and humans. But when she gave the power to prophesize to others, it was often to only prophesy the bad things in life. This resulted in a dislike and hatred directed at her from many of the gods/humans she bestowed the power on. She was renamed Juno.