 Like her sisters Alecto and Tisiphone, as well as the Melian Nymphs, she was born of the blood of Uranus when Cronus castrated him.In modern French ("mégère"), Portuguese ("megera"), Modern Greek (μέγαιρα), Italian ("megera"), Russian (мегера) and Czech ("megera"), this name denotes a jealous or spiteful woman.She is not to be confused with Megara, the wife of Heracles.