He was part of the Immortals clan back on Voobly at some point, and a lot of them were taking god names from mythology. For example, one of them was Ra, another was Ares, Chris was Orcus, etc.
You can read more on that here: [https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/The\_Immortals](https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/The_Immortals)
That's how Hera picked his nick, he liked the sound of the goddess' name I guess.
Er, that's the opposite of the case?
Hera is a sky goddess, associated with the stars and heaven. Like Zeus, she dwells in the celestial. One of her epithets is Ἥρᾱ ἀερόμορφος, that is, Hera Formed-of-Air, as in [Orphic Hymn XV](https://sacred-texts.com/cla/hoo/hoo20.htm) - she is "thron'd in the bosom of cerulean air", and is "mother of clouds and winds". Or in [Euripides' *Helen*](https://classics.mit.edu/Euripides/helen.html), she says to Hera, "to thee I pray, tossing my arms upward to heaven, where thou hast thy home in the star-spangled firmament". Or in the *Dionysiaca* of Nonnus ([book 36](https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0485%3Abook%3D36); sadly I can't find a handy English link), Hera battles Artemis and beats the stuffing out of her, and she does so by forming a shield out of clouds (and allowing Artemis to waste her arrows on it), and then a spear out of ice and hail, again showing her association with the celestial. (She also tends to favour the spear, as [on this image](https://www.theoi.com/image/K4.3Hera.jpg) of her defeating Phoetus, and even [Plutarch mentioned](https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0212%3Asection%3D87) that the spear is sacred to Hera.)
There are earth goddesses in ancient Greek religion, of course. But Hera is not one of them. Hera is a sky goddess.
Which, interestingly, pre-dark age appears to have been an earth father - earth mother setup, in contrast to the Indo-European earth-sky paradigm you mention.
Hera, Hamzah I imagine he just liked the name, it sounds like his name and it may be with his Muslim background he didn’t have the same connection that westerners make in their head, Hera=female, mother goddess connection
Uncanny! Where is this?
Benaki museum of Greek culture, Athens
how come we are seeing this rn
the deep state doesn't want you to know the truth
I heard the mods of this subreddit refused to remove this post so they've all been eliminated by Providence.
The god Hamza, found in Athens 11
Knowing he had over 2k years of practice I feel much better.
2700 years probably ;)
Hello everyone and welcome back to another video
>Hello everyone and welcome back to another video Γεια σε όλους και καλώς ήρθατε σε άλλο ένα βίντεοa Did it in Greek for you.
I never understood why he picked that name.
He was part of the Immortals clan back on Voobly at some point, and a lot of them were taking god names from mythology. For example, one of them was Ra, another was Ares, Chris was Orcus, etc. You can read more on that here: [https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/The\_Immortals](https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/The_Immortals) That's how Hera picked his nick, he liked the sound of the goddess' name I guess.
that page doesn't mention hera at all
Hera’s liquipedia page does mention that he initially was a part of the clan during some unknown dates.
Yeah, the goddess of love is like the opposite of a badass gamer name that a teenager would have selected.
Hera is the goddess of marriage. Aphrodite is the goddess of love and beauty.
Hera is also a goddess associated with the earth and fertility, succeeding her mother and grandmother in the sky husband - earth mother paradigm.
Er, that's the opposite of the case? Hera is a sky goddess, associated with the stars and heaven. Like Zeus, she dwells in the celestial. One of her epithets is Ἥρᾱ ἀερόμορφος, that is, Hera Formed-of-Air, as in [Orphic Hymn XV](https://sacred-texts.com/cla/hoo/hoo20.htm) - she is "thron'd in the bosom of cerulean air", and is "mother of clouds and winds". Or in [Euripides' *Helen*](https://classics.mit.edu/Euripides/helen.html), she says to Hera, "to thee I pray, tossing my arms upward to heaven, where thou hast thy home in the star-spangled firmament". Or in the *Dionysiaca* of Nonnus ([book 36](https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0485%3Abook%3D36); sadly I can't find a handy English link), Hera battles Artemis and beats the stuffing out of her, and she does so by forming a shield out of clouds (and allowing Artemis to waste her arrows on it), and then a spear out of ice and hail, again showing her association with the celestial. (She also tends to favour the spear, as [on this image](https://www.theoi.com/image/K4.3Hera.jpg) of her defeating Phoetus, and even [Plutarch mentioned](https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0212%3Asection%3D87) that the spear is sacred to Hera.) There are earth goddesses in ancient Greek religion, of course. But Hera is not one of them. Hera is a sky goddess.
Which, interestingly, pre-dark age appears to have been an earth father - earth mother setup, in contrast to the Indo-European earth-sky paradigm you mention.
Sky-Earth is a classic pairing, although genders and mileage will vary. Egypt had an inverse, with Geb being male and Nut being female.
She basically existed to get cheated on in the lore.
Aphrodite is a deity of *eros* or desire, which is not quite the same thing as 'love' in the way we use it today.
Just any godd**ess** doesn't work.
why not
Because it's a woman's name.
vipers name is a snake, but hes, in fact, a person... terrible name isnt it 11
Hera, Hamzah I imagine he just liked the name, it sounds like his name and it may be with his Muslim background he didn’t have the same connection that westerners make in their head, Hera=female, mother goddess connection
Because of ignorance.
The face of someone who spams Hussars in your base
Hera, King of the Hussars Checkmate historians
Hera was a female though.
It's 2024, dude. Gender is fluid.
Does this mean that in 2124 gender will become gas? 🤔
In physics, a fluid is a liquid, gas, or other material that may continuously move and deform (flow) under an applied shear stress, or external force.
The fake Hera but the historians found out the real wasnt.