Zeus, King of the Gods and Creepy Old Man Who Tricks Women
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean
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Zeus and the Birds of Apollo and Artemis
Hephaestus, the god of the standard external forge, cleave at Zeus's head with an axe. Hephaestus cracks open Zeus's head and BAM, out pops Athena. The annoying thing about this story though is that the mythology at large takes this to mean that Zeus conceived Athena himself - which is obviously bullshit because patriarchy. So there are so many references to Athena being basically a pseudo like virgin birth,. But fuck that, because Maitis was her mom."
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