Mythology and religion - Greek mythology - Divine birth myths
How was Athena said to have emerged from Zeus's body in Greek mythology?
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In the best-known Greek tradition, Athena emerged fully armed from Zeus's head. Hesiod's Theogony tells that Zeus swallowed the pregnant Metis and later brought the goddess forth from his own head. Other later accounts have Hephaestus or Prometheus split Zeus's head open with an axe. The myth emphasizes Athena's connection with wisdom, strategy, and intellectual power.
