Peacocks, guardians of the Goddess Hera

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Birds have always played an important role in mythology, not only as the messengers of the Gods, but also as faithful guardians and skilled advisers.
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It would be precisely the case of the peacock, a beautiful bird that, according to the old Greek myths, the powerful Olympian goddess Hera took into her service to keep her informed at all times of the vagaries of her promiscuous husband, the almighty Zeus.
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For this reason, she endowed her plumage with an infinity of eyes, so that she did not lose any detail and could see everything that was happening around her.
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I have never seen so many altogether at one time....
Interesting story! Makes sense... "infinity of eyes..." :) Their call is such a haunting one...

Have a great week ahead, my friend!

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Well, there are many in Madrid, in a very special place, such as our Retiro Park. And they are all loose, decked out with their elegance and that multitude of 'eyes' on their slender tail. Thank you very much for your always pleasant visit, dear friend. May you also have a very happy week and a big hug from Madrid.

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Las pocas veces que he visto a estas aves he quedado maravillada, no solo por su plumaje sino por el donaire con el que caminan. Es como si la naturaleza los hiciera conscientes del esplendor de sus plumas. Y quién se podría imaginar que un ave con plumaje tan hermoso, tuviera un canto tan fuera de tono. Jajajaja. Muestra de que no todo es perfecto. Un abrazo fuerte, @juancar347

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En Madrid, en nuestro Parque del Retiro, tenemos muchas. Están libres en una zona determinada, realmente pavoneándose con su elegancia y sus hermosos colores. Tienes razón en tu comentario, su canto es feísimo (glú, glú, glú) lo cual viene a demostrar que nada ni nadie llega a ser totalmente perfecto. Ya se lo advertía ese excéntrico genio que fue Salvador Dalí a los artistas: no busquéis nunca la perfección, porque no la encontraréis. Pero eso sí, adornan mucho y su belleza bien merece una visita. Hora de retirada, aunque tú ya te estarás dopando con el café. Que aproveche. Abrazos

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cuantos y todos bellos, nunca he visto tantos juntos
pero espero verlos algundiaaaa llamare a tu puertaaaaaa
jajaja

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Yo creo que se han reproducido a lo bestia durante la última cuarentena, que estuvo el Parque del Retiro cerrado, porque la última vez que estuve, había muchísimos, aunque no vi ninguna cría. En mi puerta no creo que te encuentres ninguno, pero eso sí, algunas vecinas pueden recibirte a escobazos, ja, ja, ja...y no quiero decir quién. Un abrazo, terremoto

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Hera the very jealous goddess, needed the peacock to keep an "eye" on Zeus who was always getting himself into trouble with a roving eye for the young human women. Grat story beautiful pictures of a gorgeous bird.

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The good thing, in my opinion, that classical mythology has, is that it brings the gods closer to men, as it conceives them with similar passions. And also, if you look closely, you will see that they differed little or nothing, basically, from the social problems that continue to affect us. It could be said, therefore, that the promiscuous Zeus was a thunderclap dressed as a Nazarene. Although Hera also had her character, and in this case, also, her faithful guardians. Thank you very much for your comment and warm greetings

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