Athena-Goddess_of_War_and_Wisdom

Athena-Goddess of War and Wisdom THE GODDESS ATHENA THE BIRTH OF ATHENA Athena was born from a mortal woman named Metis, (meaning wisdom) and fathered by Zeus, king of the gods. The story starts off by Zeus taking Metis as his wife. Soon after she became pregnant. The gods Gaea, mother-earth, and the starry Uranus, god of the sky, found out that Metis was with child and gave Zeus some advice. They both told Zeus that Metis would give birth to a child who would come to be wiser and a far better warrior than he. Under advisement of Gaea and Uranus he swallowed Metis before she could give birth fearing that the child would overthrow him. In newer text, the story of Athenas birth is portrayed with trickery, by a crafty Zeus, in which he first turns Metis into a fly and then swallows her. When time came for the birth of the child, Hephaestus (son of Zeus and Hera) took an ax to the head of Zeus and split it open. Again, in newer text, Athena is born inside her father and releases herself with her sharp blade cutting herself out. With a roarin! g cry Athena athena, zeus, arachne, goddess, metis, birth, out, born, wisdom, father, child, woman, story, old, herself, gods, both, wool, watch, war, virgin, very, uranus, turned, told, time, text, taught, tapestry, started, son, since, parthenos, off, odysseus, nymphs, newer, mortal, meaning, jealousy, head, god, give, gaea, daughter, crafts, close, challenge, athens, arts