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Athena's father is Zeus the king of the gods and the god of the sky and her mother is Metis, a Titan. Athena had many half brothers such as Ares, Apollo, Hermes, Hephaestus, Hercules, and Dionysus. Athena also had many half sisters such as Hebe, Aphrodite, Artemis, Thalia, and Persephone.

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Zeus, the god of lightning and the king of the gods, took a liking to Metis, who is argued to be the goddess of counsel or a sea nymph. Zeus chased after the goddess and convinced her to relent.

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One day, an oracle of Gaea, the goddess of the earth, prophesied that Metis would give birth to two children, the first a girl, the second a boy who would overthrow his father, Zeus. Now, Zeus did not want this child to be born as his father and grandfather had been overthrown as well. So Zeus swallowed Metis, who was pregnant with his unborn daughter, Athena. That was the end of Metis, while it is said to be the beginning of Zeus' wisdom.

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One day, a while after the swallowing of Metis, Zeus developed a devastating headache. The headache was so horrible that he would scream in pain, so loudly that his screams could be heard throughout the earth and the heavens. The other gods and goddesses wondered what was wrong with their king.

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Hermes, the god and protector of thieves and tricksters, came to realize what exactly needed to be done. He told Hephaestus, the god of the forge, to take an ax and split Zeus' head open. Hephaestus did so and out sprang Athena, fully grown and clothed in armor.

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Due to the way she was born, she became know as the goddess of wisdom and victory, a goddess of war.

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She was Zeus' favorite child and was allowed to use his  weapons, including his thunderbolt.

She was the virgin goddess and could not be violated.

She became responsible for the creation of several tools and only participated in wars that protected Greece from invading enemies.

She is also known as the goddess of weaving.

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Her favorite animal is the owl, because of its wise look.

She is also associated with the olive tree and a snake. The snake representd the creative power of wisdom.

She was gifted the Aegis, a small shield which bore the engraving of the head of Medusa, a gorgon with snakes for hair, by her father, Zeus.

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There once was a young girl by the name of Arachne. She was a very good weaver and spinner, spinning beautiful pictures into her tapestries, pictures of the gods and goddess, pictures of people and animals. People would come from everywhere just to see her beautiful cloths. But Arachne was prideful.

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Arachne began to tell everyone that she was the best weaver, even better than Athena, the goddess of weaving and wisdom. Athena was angry that Arachne said that and challenged the prideful girl to a weaving challenge. The two set up looms in the same room and began to weave. They wove from dawn to dusk, until it was too dark to see. They compared their weaving.

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Athena had woven a beautiful picture of the gods and goddess sitting together in the palace of Mt. Olympus and doing good things for their subjects. But Arachne, thinking she was clever, wove a tapestry making fun of the gods and goddesses. Her tapestry pictured the gods and goddesses becoming drunk and falling over. It was obviously better than Athena's cloth.

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Athena is independent and extroverted. She works well with men and is not flirtatious. She is motivated by her desire for achievement and gaining knowledge.

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However, Athena did not care. She became angry at Arachne for making fun of the gods and goddesses and pointed her finger at Arachne. Immediately, Arachne's body began to shrink. Her hair fell out and her arms and legs multiplied until she had eight limbs. She shrank until she was just a few inches big. Athena said to the spider "You wish to spin? Go ahead and spin! You will still spin beautiful tapestries of web but they will be swept away by brooms and considered ugly."

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In some versions however, Arachne's work was torn apart by Athena and the poor girl hung herself. Athena had compassion on her and said "Live on, but continue hanging, O Arachne. But lest you become careless in the future, your descendants will suffer in the same way!" Then she turned the dead girl into a spider and caused her to live again. And that is how spiders were made.