These are some sources about the goddess Hera and her cults.
Recommended readings:
"Woman's Power, Man's Game: Essays on Classical Antiquityin Honor of Joy K. King". edited by Mary DeForest.This is an excellent collection of essays, including Joan O'Brien's"Hera, Nurse of Monsters". this is an excerpt from her book"The Transformation of Hera".
"The Transformation of Hera" is included in Google Books.
Anything written by Karl Kerenyi - also spelled Carl Kerenyi,Karolus Kerenyi, or Karoly Kerenyi. "The Gods of the Greeks" more light-hearted, as if he were tellingthe stories to a friend after dinner. "Zeus and Hera: Archetypal Image of Husband, Father, Wife"
"Ancient Greek and Roman Religion", by H. J. Roseold-fashioned, concise, some items of interest.
"Argonautika" by Apollonius of Rhodes - Hera/Juno is benefactress!
"Theogony" by Hesiod
"The Iliad" by Homer
"Sacred Marriages" edited by Martti Nissinen & Risto Uro has a chapter "Hieros Gamos in Ancient Greek Religion:"The Human Aspect of a Sacralized Ritual" by Aphrodite A. Avagianou
"Ancient Greek Love Magic" by Christopher Faraone has quite a bit about Hera. Yes, she was invoked for love magic too!
"The Greek Myths" by Robert Graves - it is an older set of books, still good to read, but there has been a few decades of scholarship since he penned these. His voice as a poet telling the stories and interpreting them is still Art and many of his insights have shaped the approaches modernClassical scholars seem to currently use.
"Eclipse of the Sun:An investigation into Sun and Moon Myths" by Janet McCrickland.Chapter 25, 'Far-Seeing Mother of the Eyes', features Juno Lucina,Saint Lucy, Theia, and Hera in the Theia section.
There is an Hera image in "Planetary Magic" by Denning & Phillips, in the section 'Correspondences of Saturn'.
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