A T H E N A
:: goddess of wisdom, warfare, divine intelligence, architecture, and crafts in Greek mythology ::
:: goddess of wisdom, warfare, divine intelligence, architecture, and crafts in Greek mythology ::
Summary:: --Athena was the daughter of Zeus and the titan of memory Themis, she is commonly referred to as Zeus' favorite child. /she aslo had the strangest birth of any god, giving a whole new meaning to brainchild. The story of Athena's birth comes in several versions. In the one most commonly cited, Zeus lay with Metis, the goddess of crafty thought and wisdom, but he immediately feared the consequences. It had been prophesied that Metis would bear children more powerful than the sire, even Zeus himself. In order to forestall these dire consequences, after lying with Metis, Zeus "put her away inside his own belly;" he "swallowed her down all of a sudden." He was too late: Metis had already conceived.
Eventually Zeus experienced an enormous headache; Prometheus, Hephaestus, Hermes, Ares, or Palaemon (depending on the sources examined) cleaved Zeus's head with the double-headed Minoan axe, the labrys. Athena leaped from Zeus's head, fully grown and armed, with a shout— "and pealed to the broad sky her clarion cry of war. Athena, being a goddess of war, often got into many arguments and fights. Such as her weaving contest against the boastful Arachne. Or the persecution of Medusa after she laid with Poseidon in Athena's temple. Her wrath is swift and harsh, but only to those who dare cross this powerful goddesses' path.
Eventually Zeus experienced an enormous headache; Prometheus, Hephaestus, Hermes, Ares, or Palaemon (depending on the sources examined) cleaved Zeus's head with the double-headed Minoan axe, the labrys. Athena leaped from Zeus's head, fully grown and armed, with a shout— "and pealed to the broad sky her clarion cry of war. Athena, being a goddess of war, often got into many arguments and fights. Such as her weaving contest against the boastful Arachne. Or the persecution of Medusa after she laid with Poseidon in Athena's temple. Her wrath is swift and harsh, but only to those who dare cross this powerful goddesses' path.
:: Traits of her children ::
⇛ Children of Athena are obviously smart cookies. They find that learning new things comes easily to them and their practice is usually minimal when training weaponry.
⇛ Children of Athena are kind of like the 'Martha Stewart's of the academy. They are craft and organized and thoroughly things in their place in neat and proper ways.
⇛ Children of Minerva can often become arrogant and snobbish due to their belief they are the smartest of all the demigod. They see themselves in a room full of drooling monkeys a majority of the time.
⇛ Children of Athena will take any challenge that comes their way without hesitation. They also have a particular distaste for anyone who boasts or brags about being the best, for these are the people they love to put in their place.
⇛ Children of Athena are kind of like the 'Martha Stewart's of the academy. They are craft and organized and thoroughly things in their place in neat and proper ways.
⇛ Children of Minerva can often become arrogant and snobbish due to their belief they are the smartest of all the demigod. They see themselves in a room full of drooling monkeys a majority of the time.
⇛ Children of Athena will take any challenge that comes their way without hesitation. They also have a particular distaste for anyone who boasts or brags about being the best, for these are the people they love to put in their place.
:: Basic powers of her children ::
⇛ Children of Athena, due to their godly ancestor, are well verse more so than other demigods in battle strategy. They are often three or more steps ahead of their opponent and take them down with ease. However with the children of the 'Big Three' and Ares, it is a more difficult task. Then again, every demigod is different.
⇛ Children of Athena can communicate and call upon the aid and company of owls. They are their mother's symbol and therefore come to her children at the ready.
⇛ Children of Athena have incredible memory. They remember every detail down to the last period of everything they have ever said, read, or seen.
⇛ Children of Athena create solutions and battle strategies that work almost one hundred percent of the time. Almost.
⇛ Children of Athena can communicate and call upon the aid and company of owls. They are their mother's symbol and therefore come to her children at the ready.
⇛ Children of Athena have incredible memory. They remember every detail down to the last period of everything they have ever said, read, or seen.
⇛ Children of Athena create solutions and battle strategies that work almost one hundred percent of the time. Almost.
