Athena Candle with Crystals

Athena was the Goddess of wisdom, war, and the crafts. She was the favorite daughter of Zeus and was, perhaps, the wisest, most courageous, and certainly the most resourceful of the Olympian gods. Zeus was told that his son would take his throne from him, just as he had taken power from his father Cronus.

Athena is one of those goddesses that truly can make a huge difference in our craft but also in our spiritual journey in order to become a better new improved version of ourselves. 

Athena was born as an adult from the head of Zeus, who had swallowed his first wife Meti (council) for fear that she would give him a son superior to him. Hephaestus (or Prometheus) opened the god’s head with an ax and Athena emerged covered in armor (helmet and breastplate). The ancient epithet of Triteia (born of Triton or the roaring flood) would indicate that she was the daughter of the ocean.

According to Homer, the ocean was the origin of all things and all gods.

Athena had a prominent place in the Greek religion. His name was invoked, along with those of Zeus and Apollo, in solemn oaths.

Athens, which took its name from her, was the main center of her cult.

The names of the first priestesses of Athena – daughters of Cecrops – Aglauro, Pandroso, and Erse, mean “bright air”, “dew” and “rain”.

According to the work “On the Gods and the world” by Sallust, the Goddess was part of the cosmic Gods (Gods who make the world), who watched over the world itself and was linked to the ether.