Minerva challenged Arachne. Arachne won; Minerva was jealous so she turned her into a spider.
Arachne was an arrogant girl. She thought she was the best at weaving and challenged Minerva (Athena) to a weaving contest. Minerva saw no flaws in her work and became extremely jealous. She beat her over the head with a boxwood spindle and turned her into a spider.
Arachne.
Who challenged a goddess to a weaving contest and was then changed into a spider
Minerva is the goddess of weaving
For declaring her weaving to be better than Minerva's
The maiden that was changed into a spider after challenging goddess Athena to a weaving contest was Arachne.
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.
Minerva was the Roman name for Athena, an ancient Greek goddess of weaving, war, and strategy.
weaving
Arachne and Athena had a weaving contest but Athena lost and turned her into a spider.
Athena and Minerva are the goddesses of wisdom and war strategy. They are also the goddess of weaving and house crafts.
Do you mean Arachne? If so, she was a weaver of spectacular skill whose vanity cost her life. She boasted publicly that she was more skilled at the loom than even Minerva, who was the patron of the art. Upset by this, Minerva made her presence known and challenged the girl to a contest. And while Arachne's weaving was sublime, Athena's was divine and all declared her easily the winner. Arachne, in shame, tried to commit suicide by hanging herself, but Minerva would not have it, instead changing the girl into a spider, doomed forever to spin webs and dangle precariously.