Did Hera Love Hephaestus?

A Fine Romance? Hera, reconciled with her son Hephaestus, arranged for him to marry the goddess of love. Zeus, Aphrodite's adoptive father, agreed. Unsurprisingly, the marriage of the enchantingly beautiful, sensual, and insatiable Aphrodite and the powerful, but gruff, ugly, and lame Hephaestus was not a happy one.

Why did Hera hate Hephaestus?

At his birth, Hephaestus was thrown out of heaven by his mother Hera because he was deformed. When Hephaestus learned this, he became very angry and promised to take revenge on her. ... Hera screamed for help and all the Olympian gods rushed to her aid, but none of them were able to free her!

What did Hephaestus do to Hera?

In an archaic story, Hephaestus gained revenge against Hera for rejecting him by making her a magical golden throne, which, when she sat on it, did not allow her to stand up. The other gods begged Hephaestus to return to Olympus to let her go, but he refused, saying "I have no mother".