The Greek Goddess of All Things
I took the quiz 'Which Greek Goddess are You?’and this who I am. I ran a search about Athena in google and this what I found.
Name: Athena
Parents: Zeus, Metis
Goddess of: Wisdom, War, Weaving, Skill
Symbol: Owl
Roman Name: Minerva
Patroness of: Athens
Notes: Although wise, Athena was also fiercely jealous and could hold a grudge for as long as it took to repay those who had offended her. Athena was also a warlike goddess whose cunning allowed her to win any battle, even one against Ares.
Origin of Athena:When Zeus's first wife, Metis, became pregnant, an oracle prophesied that the son of Metis would overthrow Zeus just as Zeus had overthrown his father. In fear, Zeus challenged his wife to a contest of magic. Whoever could turn into a smaller animal won. Metis turned herself into a fly, and Zeus swallowed her. Soon after, he had a terrible headache. It felt like someone was in his head stabbing at all the soft spots in his brain. He called for Hephaestus to help him. The god of the forge lay Zeus's head down on his anvil and broke the skull with a hammer. Out of Zeus's head sprung Athena, dressed for battle and armed with a spear.
Cool huh?!For more info you can go here.
7 Comments:
Woho! That quiz seems to have trigerred off quite a lot of research, huh? ;)
Hey Ramblings, lots of cool info :)
Although wise, Athena was also fiercely jealous and could hold a grudge for as long as it took to repay those who had offended her. Athena was also a warlike goddess whose cunning allowed her to win any battle, even one against Ares
These lines make me trembling !! :)
rita,
Yep it sure did! :)
naveen,
*evil grin*
Wow! I love Greek mythology and this is quite a treat!
AFJ,
I will lend you my thesis then. I did a content analysis on 'The Illiad' and the movie 'Troy'.
If you are interested, that is. :)
"troy" aaaaaaaaarrrrggghhhhh!!!!
i totally love mythology...cannot believe how bad that movie was...man!!!
nothings aplenty,
Hee hee, I ripped that movie in my thesis. ;)
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