The month is named after the Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter and equivalent to the Greek goddess Hera.
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The month June is named after the Roman goddess Juno (Greek goddess Hera). They believed it was the luckiest month for marriage, Juno being the goddess of marriage. This is because there are a lot of rainbows in the month of June and the goddess of rainbows was Iris, Junos messenger who was always with her.
mark johnstone, he was 36 years of age and was born on the 12th of june.
May is named after the Roman goddess Maia, a minor goddess of spring and fertility and the mother of the god Hermes.
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I am lead to believe the English commoners bathed only once per year, normally in May. As June is the warmest month in England & the "Clean Smell" hadn't yet completely dissapeared most weddings occured in June hence "The June Bride"