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Athena came to Greece from the island of Crete, and may have originated as an early Near Eastern goddess. In the very early times, she was represented with snakes in her hair and on the hem of her dress. Athena was originally a sun goddess, and the snakes in her hair may have represented the rays of the sun. There is some evidence that some early Middle Eastern sun gods were represented with long hair or snakes on their heads.
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∙ 13y agoThe snake is considered to be one of her symbols, as her statue in Athens has a snake. Athena`s Aegis turns man-kind (or people) into stone.
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∙ 12y agoThe snake is not one of Athenas symbols. Her symbols are the olive tree, a helment, a spear and an owl.
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What is the symbol of Athena the Greek goddess of wisdom?
Armor, helmet, shield, lance, owl, snakes.
Why is Athena the greek goddess symbol an sun?
It is very unusual to give Athena the sun as a symbol. Normally her symbols are shield, helmet and lance, also snakes. Where the sun comes in I do not know, I have never encountered it. Maybe it is a transformation of har golden shield.
What was the greek goddess Athena's symbol?
athena's symbol is an owl because she is the goddess of wisdom and the owl's wisdom made it athena's symbol.
Why did Athena turn Medusa's hair into snakes?
Athena turned Medusa's hair into snakes because Poseidon slept with Medusa inside Athena's temple.
What is symbols of Athena?
Athena symbol is a bird specifically the owl
Why does Hermes' staff have 2 snakes on it?
The snakes are symbols of wisdom. They were also in Athena's temples.
What was Athena's symbol of power?
An Olive branch is usually associated with Athena
Did Aphrodite turn Medusa's hair to snakes?
No, that was Athena.
Who changed Medusa's hair to snakes?
Athena the goddess
What does athena's symbol mean?
her symbol the owl means wisdom
What was the Greek goddess Athena's weapon symbol?
her symbol was a spear
What was Athena 's symbol?
Was the owl
