Minerva Compare And Contrast

Minerva is the Roman goddess of wisdom, trade, the arts, medicine, and war. She most likely originated from the Etruscans, to whom she is known as Menvra and eventually was equated with the Greek goddess Athena. According to myths her birth was quite strange and unusual and although there is some speculation about exactly how she was born it is consistently told that she was born well, more like sprung out of Jupiter’s head. Jupiter the god the sky and lightning had mated with Metis a Titan goddess. However, a prophecy predicted that Metis’ children would become more powerful than the king of gods himself and out of fear to prevent the prophecy from coming true he swallowed her whole, but little did he know that she was already pregnant. The king of gods Jupiter was suffering from a severe headache and after a few knocks on his head Minerva jumped out fully grown and fully armed ready for battle. She was his favorite daughter and gave her the Aegis, a breastplate, the Insignia, a shield, and his lighting bolts as weapons.
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A woman named Arachne who was a great weaver had boasted of her skills and claimed that she was better than Minerva herself. Minerva having heard this atrocity disguised herself as an old woman and warned Arachne to not offend the gods. Arachne disregarded her warning and challenged Minerva to a tapestry contest. Minerva revealed her true identity and the two dueled for the title of the best weaver. Although Minerva acknowledged Arachne’s skill, she picked herself as the winner and destroyed Arachne’s tapestry and loom. There are multiple versions of the myth but in the end Minerva turns Arachne into a spider and cursed her and her descendants to weave for all eternity. The theme in this famous myth is common in most Roman and Greek myths in which gods and goddesses punish humans who believe they are equal or above the