The goddess Juno 🪿💘🦚🐐
Happy September everyone! Did you know that on the kalends (1st) of September, the Romans held ceremonies for Juno on the Aventine? More specifically, they worshiped her form of 'Juno Regina', or Queen Juno.
When illustrating her, I wanted to emphasise the Roman aspects of Juno, rather than her syncretism with Hera, so I only included the peacock as a feather detail in her diadem. The goatskin is attributed to Juno's role as a protector of Rome, and has similarities with Minerva's Aegis. Her temple on the capitoline was also guarded by geese, which famously alerted the Romans when Gallic forces tried sneaking into the city at night.
I'm really pleased with how this turned out, especially since the white goose mirrors really well with Venus' white dove!
