Literally means the “glory/fame of Hera”
the son of Zeus[4] and Alcmene, and the foster son of Amphitryon.[5] He was a descendant and half-brother (as they are both sired by the god Zeus) of Perseus.
Hercules as Solar Hero
Hera - psyche or soul
Cules - glory
Alice Bailey
Zeus - Demi-god, half human half divine
Kicked out of Heaven
The bastard child - do you really know your father?
Divine father and earthly mother - wrestling with that and integrating it
Killing your twin
A major factor in the well-known tragedies surrounding Heracles is the hatred that the goddess Hera, wife of Zeus, had for him. Heracles was the son of the affair Zeus had with the mortal woman Alcmene. When Zeus desired Alcmene, he decided to make one night last three by ordering Helios, the god of the sun, not to rise for three days, so he would have more time with Alcmene.[32] Zeus made love to her after disguising himself as her husband, Amphitryon, home early from war (Amphitryon did return later the same night, and Alcmene became pregnant with his son at the same time, a case of heteropaternal superfecundation, where a woman carries twins sired by different fathers).[33] Thus, Heracles's very existence proved at least one of Zeus's many illicit affairs, and Hera often conspired against Zeus's mortal offspring as revenge for her husband's infidelities.
