Gerana

Gerana ( Greek  Γεράνα ), occasionally also called Oinoe , is a figure in Greek mythology .

Divinely worshiped by her pygmy tribe , she despised true goddesses like Hera and Artemis . As a punishment, Hera turned her into a crane. Longing for her son Mopsos , whom she had given birth to her husband Nicodamas , Gerana kept flying around the house afterwards. They drove away the pygmies; since then there has been enmity between the cranes and the pygmies.
Gerana is said to have fathered the tortoise with her husband.

literature

• Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Gerana . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,2, Leipzig 1890, Col. 1627 f. ( Digitized version ).