In the myth of Juno and Her Rivals (Io and Callisto) describes a wound (in this case psychological) that cannot be fully healed. This would also indicate a loss of innocence and purity. Often there wounds’ pains drive the sufferer to desperate measures of madness. When being married to one of the most powerful god (Jupiter or Zeus) you get worried that you can be replaced in a second. During Io’s story when Jupiter covers the sky (to hide his presence) she immediately gets suspicious finding her lover with a beautiful heifer. Feeling threatened, she asks to keep her and watches her non-stop. In Callisto’s myth she was a beautiful maiden till Juno felt threatened and turned her into a bear. The wound is in her mind and makes her believe that
