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Nana (Bactrian goddess) Nanaya. Nane (goddess) Nantosuelta. Neith. Nemain. Nerio. Nike (mythology) Ninatta and Kulitta.
- Ares (Greek): The powerful Greek god of war. Known for his physical valor, Ares is represented in the violent aspects of war. His expertise was in weapons of war, rebellion, bloodlust, and defense.
- Tyr (Norse): God of law, justice, honor, victory, and war heroics.
- Woden (Continental Germanic Polytheism): God associated with war, death, battle, wisdom, poetry, the hunt, prophecy, and victory.
- Athena (Greek): Goddess of skill, strategy, crafts, mathematics, inspiration, wisdom, just warfare, the arts, civilization, heroic endeavors, courage, law, and justice.
- Agasaya. Semitic. Semitic war goddess who was combined with Ishtar. She is called "The Shrieker." Source: Encyclopedia Mythica.
- Anahita. Persian, Chaldean, Iranian, and possibly Semitic. As well as being a war goddess, Anahita is the Persian water goddess, fertility goddess, and patroness of women.
- Anath. Semitic. West Semitic love and war goddess, associated with Baal. Source: Encyclopedia Mythica.
- Andraste. Celtic. Celtic Britain war god honored by Boudicca. Source: "Omens and Celtic Warfare", by Ellen Ettlinger. Man, Vol. 43, (Jan. - Feb., 1943), pp. 11-17.
Atepomarus, god of horses, horsemen, and healing. Badb, Irish goddess of war who took the form of a crow; member of the Morrígan. Bandua, Gallaecian God of War. Belatucadros, war god worshipped by soldiers and equated with the Roman war god Mars. Camulus, god of war of the Belgic Remi and British Trinovantes.
Athena, in Greek religion, the city protectress, goddess of war, handicraft, and practical reason, identified by the Romans with Minerva. Representing the intellectual and civilized side of war and the virtues of justice and skill, Athena was superior to Ares, the god of war, who represented mere blood lust.
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- In ancient Greek religion, Athena was a goddess of war, handicraft, and practical reason. Essentially urban and civilized, Athena was probably a pr...
- Athena, the daughter of Zeus, was produced without a mother and emerged full-grown from his forehead. An alternative story was that Zeus swallowed...
- Athena is customarily portrayed wearing an aegis, body armor, and a helmet and carrying a shield and a lance.
- Athena is associated with birds, particularly the owl, which became famous as the symbol of the city of Athens.
- In Homer’s Iliad, Athena, as a war goddess, inspires and fights alongside the Greek heroes; her aid is synonymous with military prowess. Representi...
Jan 6, 2018 · Athena was the goddess of war and wisdom; this statue shows her holding Nike, the goddess of victory. Image by Krzysztof Dydynski/Lonely Planet/Getty Images. Athena was born a child of Zeus by his first wife, Metis, a goddess of wisdom. Because Zeus was afraid Metis might bear him a son who was mightier than himself, he swallowed her.
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May 4, 2020 · Blinded by pain, Zeus turned to Hephaestus for help. He begged the smith to break his head open with his hammer to release the cause of the pain. When Hephaestus brought his hammer down on Zeus’s head, a great crack formed in the god’s skull. From it sprang Athena, fully grown and already dressed in shining armor.
