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When Zeus's first wife, the Oceanid Metis, gave birth to their first child, Zeus swallowed the child in fear of a prophecy that said that one day, one of Zeus's children would pose a threat to Zeus. Nine months later, Zeus got a severe headache. He asked the god of the smiths, Hephaestus, to comfort him. Hephaestus willingly obeyed and opened Zeus's head to see what was wrong with him by hitting Zeus's head with an ax. As soon as he did, he was shocked when a full-grown woman sprang from Zeus's head, wearing full battle armor, shouting warlike cries. Ever since that day, Zeus had a favorite child: Athena. That is the story of how Athena was born.

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