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Athena is a child Goddess and daughter of Zeus but had no mother. It is believed that Athena was born and developed all of her body parts from Zues' head.
The story says that Hephaistos came and banged Zeus on the head with an after he complained he had a headache. This resulted in Athenas birth!
Athena never fell in love later on in life so never married or had children.
Athena is the goddess of wisdom. Her symbol is the owl which appears on Athenian silver coins.
She is also a war goddess, which is why she is usually shown fully armed, with her shield and sword.