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Birth of Athena By: Chase

Once upon a time, there was a god named Zeus and a goddess named Metis. Zeus was in love with Metis and was always trying to find her and make her fall in love with him. Metis didn't want to fall in love with Zeus, so she ran away from him. Zeus' love was strong so he followed her trying to catch her. Metis turned into different things like deer, cheetahs, and other fast things to get away from Zeus. Zeus was also good at changing into different things, so he kept up with her. He would chase her until she gave in, stopped running and gave him what he wanted.

An Oracle of Gaea, the earth goddess, could see the future and she told Zeus that Metis would have a child that was a girl, but the second child, a boy, would weaken Zeus and that the boy would destroy Zeus and become king. Zeus had done this to his father and his father had done that to //his// father. Zeus took this in as a very important thing. When he saw Metis again, he wowed her with his good looks and his muscles and made her feel comfortable. When Metis wasn't paying attention Zeus opened his mouth and gobbled her up. Metis was gone and her life has ended, but it was the beginning of Zeus's intelligence.

After a period of time, Zeus started to get the biggest headache in the universe of headaches. He screamed so loudly that even the humans could hear it. The other gods were wondering what was wrong with him. Hermes realized what was wrong and told his brother Hephaestus to take a wedge and cut open Zeus's skull. When he cut open a women in full armor sprang out and it wasn't metis, it was his daughter Athena. She was dressed in full armor and looked like she was ready for battle. Since she was born in Zeus's head, he made her goddess of knowledge.

The Birth of Athena by Jason777

One day Zeus, the god of the sky and the gods, fell in love with Metis. Metis tried to avoid Zeus, she changed into many different things to try and escape Zeus' love. Despite the setback he kept chasing her and finally, she gave up. Then an Oracle of Gaea, someone who predicts the future, said that Metis' second child would destroy Zeus. Zeus took that warning very seriously. The next time he saw Metis he swallowed and killed her. Later Zeus developed a very bad headache. He screamed so loudly that everybody could hear. All the gods went to him to see what was wrong. Hermes figured out that they had to split Zeus' head open. He directed Hephaestus to crack open Zeus' skull. When he did, Athena, dressed in a full suit of armor, pzopped out and because of the way she was born she was to rule over everything intelligent.