GREEK MYTHOLOGY: Birth of Goddess Athena

         After the war with the Titans, Zeus became ruler of the cosmos. Soon afterwards he fell in love with Metis, A female Titan, daughter of Oceanus the Titan God of the Oceans and his sister Tethys.
       Metis was a wise counsel to Zeus during the Titan War and it was said she had both wisdom and cunning. Gaia and Uranus prophesized that Metis would give birth to a daughter and afterwards a powerful son that would overthrow Zeus in the same way he had overthrown his father Cronus and before that Cronus who had defeated his own father Uranos. In order to avoid his fate, after Zeus slept with Metis, he tricked her into turning herself into a fly and then he swallowed her.  
       When Zeus ate Metis, she was already pregnant , so she gave birth to Athena inside Zeus belly. She raised Athena inside Zeus and forged for her and armor and weapons. All the hammering that Metis did inside Zeus in order to build Athena's armor caused Zeus endless headaches.
    Finally when everything was ready, Athena was born out of Zeus head as an adult, fully clothed and ready for battle. She became goddess of Wisdom, Craft and war.