Metis
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Metis is the goddess of wisdom in Greek mythology. She is one of the Titans and is the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys.
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There are many stories about Athena's birth. In Hesiod's Theogony, Zeus had sex with Metis, but was then scared of her having a child becase a prophecy had said that Metis would have children who were more powerful then Zeus. To try and stop Metis having a child, Zeus changed her into a fly and then swollowed her. However Zeus was too late and Metis was already pregnant.
When she was inside Zeus, Metis made a helmet and a robe for her baby. The hammering noise caused Zeus to have a headache. To try and help Zeus with the pain, Prometheus, Hephaestus, Hermes, or Palaemon cut his head open with a Minoan axe. Athena then came out of Zeus's head; she was fully grown and had her armour on.
