themonsterkeeper:MYTHOLOGY MEME: One of Nine Gods/GoddessesIn Greek mythology, Athena is the goddess
themonsterkeeper:MYTHOLOGY MEME: One of Nine Gods/GoddessesIn Greek mythology, Athena is the goddess of weaving, warfare, and inventions. Her mother, Metis, was fated to bear a son greater than his father; Zeus, afraid of the child Metis would bear him, swallowed her after she became pregnant. Athena sprang from Zeus’ head nine months later - in this way, her conception becomes faux-immaculate, and she solves the problem (as the ancient Greeks saw it) of gender dynamics in the household: If a man can have children with as little involvement from a woman as possible, his children will automatically be wiser and stronger.Athena takes on many of the traditional “masculine” qualities of a Greek god: she leads the gods into battle, aids heroes in their quests, and invents new technologies. But she also straddles the line of femininity, with her eternal maidenhood and her interest in weaving. She’s often depicted armed and armored, holding either an owl or a snake, and bearing the gorgoneion - the severed and flayed head of the gorgon Medusa. -- source link
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