Athena And Medusa
Goddess Athena was Zeus' favorite daughter and no women was involved in producing Athena. Athena came out of the head of her father fully grown dressed with a helmet and armor. |
But the mother also has a role. As per Hesiod's version, Zeus, the king of gods, married Métis. When she became pregnant, he was suggested by other gods that if Metis delivers a baby boy, he will grow up and kill Zeus. Feared that this would happen he tricks Metis and turns her into a fly and swallows her. After swallowing her, he suffered severe headache and asked one of he gods to axe his head and when his head was axed Athena popped out from the head.
Athena is the goddess of city, protector of the civilized life, artesian activity and agriculture. She is also the inventor of horse bit which tamed the horses and men were allowed to make use of them. She was the favorite among the daughters of Zeus, although she caused headache to her father before her birth. And, being the favorite is reason why she was allowed to make use of his insignia, a shield the aegis and the ray.
Medusa was a mortal woman. She was beautiful woman and this made Poseidon seduced her in the form of horse in a temple of Athena. Athena was angry about violating the temple premises and she punished medusa and made her tresses into snakes and gave a destructive power which turned anyone who looked her directly into a stone.
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