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<blockquote data-quote="vulcan_idic" data-source="post: 1919168" data-attributes="member: 19615"><p>True... that was what you said. However, she was not even "a" deity of the hunt... though I can certainly sympathize with ones memory playing tricks!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Also a deity of Wisdom and the Homely Arts (from this aspect we get the story of her contest with Arachne, who was punished for her hubris by being transformed into a spider, from whence the spider gains the name arachnid), her usual attribute is an owl, the association with olive trees deriving largely from the story of her competition with her uncle, Poseidon, for the patronage of Athens (the name of the town clearly marking the winner). After sponsoring Perseus in his quest to slay the Medusa she affixed the Medusa's severed head to the front of a protective item she inherited from her father, Zeus, the Aegis (which, due to the idea of it as a protective item has give it's name to a type of modern naval ship) - variously represented as a scaled cloak, shield, or bright edged thundercloud. Pallas Athena is also associated with a companion goddess who seems to have occassionally served as her messenger, the goddess of speed and victory, Nike (from whence the shoe/sprtswear company derives it's name, hoping to indicate that wearing their goods will give you speed and victory).</p><p></p><p>Sorry to pontificate a bit, but Pallas Athena is one of my favorite dieties. The way words were shuttled back and forth between names of persons or dieties and words for other things also serves to illustrate how common a practice this is and was, both in ancient and modern times. Thus it is not strange at all to find a god of cities called Urbanus - according to the stories of a culture related to this one the fact that cities are called "urban" areas may well be because of the patronship of such a deity.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vulcan_idic, post: 1919168, member: 19615"] True... that was what you said. However, she was not even "a" deity of the hunt... though I can certainly sympathize with ones memory playing tricks! Also a deity of Wisdom and the Homely Arts (from this aspect we get the story of her contest with Arachne, who was punished for her hubris by being transformed into a spider, from whence the spider gains the name arachnid), her usual attribute is an owl, the association with olive trees deriving largely from the story of her competition with her uncle, Poseidon, for the patronage of Athens (the name of the town clearly marking the winner). After sponsoring Perseus in his quest to slay the Medusa she affixed the Medusa's severed head to the front of a protective item she inherited from her father, Zeus, the Aegis (which, due to the idea of it as a protective item has give it's name to a type of modern naval ship) - variously represented as a scaled cloak, shield, or bright edged thundercloud. Pallas Athena is also associated with a companion goddess who seems to have occassionally served as her messenger, the goddess of speed and victory, Nike (from whence the shoe/sprtswear company derives it's name, hoping to indicate that wearing their goods will give you speed and victory). Sorry to pontificate a bit, but Pallas Athena is one of my favorite dieties. The way words were shuttled back and forth between names of persons or dieties and words for other things also serves to illustrate how common a practice this is and was, both in ancient and modern times. Thus it is not strange at all to find a god of cities called Urbanus - according to the stories of a culture related to this one the fact that cities are called "urban" areas may well be because of the patronship of such a deity. [/QUOTE]
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