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What was Arachne the goddess of?

Arachne was a mortal who thought she was better at weaving than Athena. They had a competition, and Arachne's weaving showed gods having affairs, and that really ticked Athena off. So, Athena turned Arachne into a spider.


Who are the Characters in arachne and Athena story?

Athena was the goddess Arachne challenged to a weaving competition, even though she was a mere mortal. She bragged to everyone in her town that she was a better weaving than even Athena. Later, Athena turned Arachne into a spider. So, the main characters are Athena and Arachne.


What is Arachne god of?

arachne was a maiden who said she was better than Athena at weaving. In return of showing hubris, Athena turned her into a spide. Actually Arachne was a woman from Lydia who was taught weaving by Athena and thot she was to good to b tot from Athena so she denied being tauht by Athena, and the had a contest between Athena and arachne to c wo was the better weaver, neither won, but Athena destroyed arachnes weave and arachne was ashamed and hung herself and Athena felt bad so she saved her life but turned her into a spider.


What is a paragraph about arachne and Athena?

well i don't have paragraph, but what the whole thing is about is Arachne compared her self to Athena and Athena got super angry (you don't compare your self to the god's) so Athena tried to warn Arachne by coming to earth as an old woman and told her not to compare her self to Athena. but Arachne refused and the old woman turned into Athena and they had a competition on who could make the most beautiful quilt and when Athena was done she went to look at Arachne's quilt and it shows horrible things about the god's so Athena turned Arachne into a spider. so that's why thing's are now called arachnophobia arachnids and so on.


What did Athena do after the weaving contest between her and Arachne?

Oh, dude, after Athena won the weaving contest against Arachne, she got a bit sassy and turned Arachne into a spider. Like, talk about a creative punishment, right? So now Arachne just weaves webs all day instead of chatting with the other goddesses. Classic Athena move.

Related Questions

Who challenged Athena in a weaving contest?

The maiden that was changed into a spider after challenging goddess Athena to a weaving contest was Arachne.


Was it hera who turned arachne into a spider?

No, Athena turned Arachne into a spider after she hanged herself.


What are Athena's fears?

Spiders because Arachne challenged Athena to a weaving competion (Athena is the goddess of weaving as well) Athena got mad and turned Arachne in to a Spider.


What did Athena turn herself into when she went to see Arachne?

Arachne said she was a better weaver than even Athena, and challenged her.


What was Arachne the goddess of?

Arachne was a mortal who thought she was better at weaving than Athena. They had a competition, and Arachne's weaving showed gods having affairs, and that really ticked Athena off. So, Athena turned Arachne into a spider.


Who are the Characters in arachne and Athena story?

Athena was the goddess Arachne challenged to a weaving competition, even though she was a mere mortal. She bragged to everyone in her town that she was a better weaving than even Athena. Later, Athena turned Arachne into a spider. So, the main characters are Athena and Arachne.


What did Athena do to be turned into a spider?

Athena was not turned into a spider. In Greek mythology, Athena is the goddess of wisdom, courage, and war, and she is typically associated with the owl. The story of Arachne involves a weaving contest between her and Athena, where Arachne was transformed into a spider for challenging the gods.


Who was a skilled weaver who angered Athena by bragging about her skills?

Arachne was the weaver that challenged Athena at a weaving contest. Arachne won, but Athena turned punished the impious pretensions of her acolyte Arachne by turning her into a weaving spider.


What is Arachne god of?

arachne was a maiden who said she was better than Athena at weaving. In return of showing hubris, Athena turned her into a spide. Actually Arachne was a woman from Lydia who was taught weaving by Athena and thot she was to good to b tot from Athena so she denied being tauht by Athena, and the had a contest between Athena and arachne to c wo was the better weaver, neither won, but Athena destroyed arachnes weave and arachne was ashamed and hung herself and Athena felt bad so she saved her life but turned her into a spider.


Which girl competed against Athena?

Well, in the 'Weave-off' Athena competed against Arachne. long story short, Athena got mad and turned Arachne into the spider.


Who in Greek Mythology made the first spider?

Athena, when she faced Arachne in a weaving contest and Athena was jealous and furious with Arachne so she turned her into a spider.


Who entered a weaving contest with Athena and lost?

Arachne and Athena had a weaving contest but Athena lost and turned her into a spider.