Athena

Athena is the ancient Greek goddess of war and victory, as well as wisdom and knowledge. She is belonging to the number of supreme Olympic deities. Athena symbolizes the clarity of the ether, the heavenly power that rules over lightnings, clouds and luminaries, fertilizes the fields, generates all living things and educates humanity. Subsequently, Athena became the goddess of spiritual activity, artistic thinking and science.

According to legends, Zeus married the nereid Thetis, but, in fear, that he would have a son who would surpass his father's power, Zeus ate his pregnant wife.

After some time, his little child appeared in his head, from where, with the help of Hephaestus, who chopped the head of Zeus with an ax, a warlike goddess, fully armed, was unnaturally born.

Athena amazed everyone with quick mind, an uneding will for learning and gaining knowledge, so, when she grew up, her father made her the goddess of wisdom, the patroness of sciences, crafts and inventions.

In contrast to Ares, the deity of mad courage, Athena personifies conscious courage and strenght; she gives help to her favorites in moments of extreme danger and leads them to victory. As a goddess, a woman with such a masculinity and courage Athena is opposed to Aphrodite, a purely feminine goddess.

Athena had a close relationship with horse riding and seas. Later, she became the goddess of peace and prosperity. In ancient Greece Athena consecrated marriages, helped with childbirth, sent health to people, averted diseases and misfortunes, patronized the reproduction of families and childbirth, and contributed to the prosperity of cities.