Gerana
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Gerana, sometimes also called Oenoe, is a queen of the Pygmy folk in Greek mythology, who incurred the wrath of the goddess Hera and was subsequently turned into a bird bearing her name, the crane. This aetiological tale explains the ancient rivalry between the Pygmies and the cranes, and also serves as a cautionary tale against the people who hubristically claimed to be better than even the gods themselves.
Key facts
- Character.name
- Gerana
- Character.image
- Fight Pygmy crane MAN.jpg
- Character.caption
- A Pygmy fights a crane, Attic red-figure chous, ca. 430–420 BC, National Archaeological Museum of Spain.
- Character.gender
- Female
- Character.title
- Queen
- Character.alias
- Oenoe
- Character.species
- Human, then crane
- Character.significant_other
- Nicodamas
- Character.children
- Mopsus, a tortoise
- Character.lbl21
- Birthplace
- Character.data21
- Africa
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Gerana, sometimes also called Oenoe, is a queen of the Pygmy folk in Greek mythology, who incurred the wrath of the goddess Hera and was subsequently turned into a bird bearing her name, the crane. This aetiological tale explains the ancient rivalry between the Pygmies and the cranes, and also serves as a cautionary tale against the people who hubristically claimed to be better than even the gods themselves.
Gerana's story bears some resemblance to that of Lamia, who was also a beautiful woman cursed by Hera and transformed into something unappealing, and Antigone, who also compared herself to the queen of the gods and was changed by her into a bird.