How Some Beings Were Born

How Some Beings Were Born

Some beings were born in an interesting way. The biggest highlight is from Uranus, which was castrated by one of his Titan sons, the evil Titan lord Kronos. Anyways, let's just start going!

How Was Athena Born?

When the goddess Metis was pregnant with Athena, Zeus received a prophecy that any child born from Metis would overpower Zeus. Zeus was angered by this fact that he swallowed Metis whole! It is given that Metis advises Zeus from his belly. Anyways, Zeus had a headache, and when Hephaestus cut Zeus's head open, Athena was born dressed in full battle armor!

Well, what does this mean? Athena was literally born from thoughts because of the headache. As Annabeth explains in the Percy Jackson & The Olympians Book 4: Battle of The Labyrinth, "Children of Athena are smart because of the divine thoughts of Athena and the mortal ingenuity of their father," she says.

How Was Aphrodite Born?

Aphrodite is an interesting case. Some myths say she was a child of Zeus and Dione, making her grandparents Rhea, Kronos, Atlas, and an unknown one. Some myths say she was born from the sea foam of Uranus when Kronos castrated him with a sickle, or a curved knife. The reason why Gaea gave Kronos a sickle was because Uranus entombed his monstrous offspring, the Hundred-Handed ones (Hecatoncheires) and One-Eyed Giants (Cyclopes) in Tartarus, deep inside Gaea. This caused Gaea such pain that she wanted Kronos to castrate Uranus.