Athena is the goddess of wisdom, warfare, skill, and tactics.
Athena has no mother because she sprung fully grown and in full battle armor out of the top of Zeus' head.
Her half siblings are Ares, Hephaestus, Hermes, twins Apollo and Artemis, Aphrodite, and Dionysus. Her symbol is Olive Tree and her sacred animal is the owl. She had a single child with Hephaestus.
The City of Athens was named after Athena because of this myth. A long time ago the Athenians didn't know who to name their city after. Poseidon then hit the ground with his trident and created a humongous saltwater spring in the ground in the center of the city. Then when he was admiring his work, Athena created the olive tree. Athenians saw that the olive tree was more useful and named the city Athens.
Athena cursed the Goddess Arachne and turned her into a spider. The other Goddess she cursed was Medusa who she changed her hair into snakes and gave her a serpent tail instead of legs. Athena has a huge statue in the Parthenon.
Athena has no mother because she sprung fully grown and in full battle armor out of the top of Zeus' head.
Her half siblings are Ares, Hephaestus, Hermes, twins Apollo and Artemis, Aphrodite, and Dionysus. Her symbol is Olive Tree and her sacred animal is the owl. She had a single child with Hephaestus.
The City of Athens was named after Athena because of this myth. A long time ago the Athenians didn't know who to name their city after. Poseidon then hit the ground with his trident and created a humongous saltwater spring in the ground in the center of the city. Then when he was admiring his work, Athena created the olive tree. Athenians saw that the olive tree was more useful and named the city Athens.
Athena cursed the Goddess Arachne and turned her into a spider. The other Goddess she cursed was Medusa who she changed her hair into snakes and gave her a serpent tail instead of legs. Athena has a huge statue in the Parthenon.