How did Athena get pregnant?

Hephaistos had a strong desire for Athena, but as a virgin goddess she ran away from him. He was not able to catch her – but he ejaculated and the seed fell on her leg. She wiped it away with a piece of wool and the seed fell on Gaia, the Earth, making her pregnant.
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How does Athena reproduce?

Parthenogenesis: Athena can conceive children when her divine thoughts meet the mortal ingenuity of the men. Her children are born in the same way she was, literally making them "brainchildren". It is believed that this ability was influenced by the fact she came out of Zeus' brain.
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Who took Athena's virginity?

She was known as Athena Parthenos "Athena the Virgin," but in one archaic Attic myth, the god Hephaestus tried and failed to rape her, resulting in Gaia giving birth to Erichthonius, an important Athenian founding hero.
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How did Athena give birth to Annabeth?

Birth. Frederick Chase met Athena, the goddess of wisdom, battle, and handicrafts, while he was studying History at Harvard. She helped him get through his studies; consequently, they fell in love. Shortly after, in a undisclosed year on July 12, Athena sent him their daughter, a girl named Annabeth, as a gift.
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How did Athena get children?

Athena, The Virgin Goddess

Just like Artemis and Hestia, Athena was never swayed by love or passion. Consequently, she never had any children.
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How did Zeus give birth to Athena?

A Full Grown Warrior

Athena began growing inside Zeus's head. When Haphaestus cut open Zeus's head, and Athena was born, she was not born an infant. Instead, Athena was born a fully grown warrior, dressed in armor and ready for war. This is how Athena became the goddess of war and wisdom.
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How did Medusa get pregnant?

Since Medusa was the only one of the three Gorgons who was mortal, Perseus was able to slay her while looking at the reflection from the mirrored shield he received from Athena. During that time, Medusa was pregnant by Poseidon.
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What book does Annabeth cheat on Percy?

When Annabeth cheats on Percy he is broken on the inside.
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Why did Calypso curse Annabeth?

Calypso is first mentioned when Percy Jackson is forced to fight a number of Arai in Tartarus. The arai make curses real when they are destroyed, revealing that Calypso had cursed Annabeth for being Percy's love interest at the time.
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Who was the ugliest god?

Hephaestus. Hephaestus is the son of Zeus and Hera. Sometimes it is said that Hera alone produced him and that he has no father. He is the only god to be physically ugly.
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Were any Greek gods virgins?

Hestia, Artemis and Iphigeneia, and Athena. Greek goddesses virgin in the sense of sexual abstinence by an adult woman were Hestia, Artemis, and Athena. Hestia, the personification of the hearth and the sacrificial fire, transcends the boundary between humankind and the goddesses and gods.
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Who did Athena fall in love with?

HEPHAESTUS LOVES : ATHENA & GAEA. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.
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Why did Athena choose to be a virgin?

Althought Athena is a virgin goddess, she mothered the god Erichthonios by Hephaestus. According to myth, she went to Hephaestus wanting some weapons forged. When Hephaestus tried to rape her, she protected her virginity and he ejaculated on her leg.
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Which Greek god is asexual?

While many of the other greek gods - men and women alike - were promiscous, Athena was completely asexual, and not because she was a "pure" goddess of chasity or something. Athena really did not have any interest in sex at all. Many of the other gods wanted to marry her, but she would have none of it.
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Is there an asexual god?

In Ancient Greek mythology, Dionysus was the god of collective ecstasy. He is often described as an androgynous and asexual figure, whose followers would dance themselves into trances (Jameson, 1993) . Representations of him have evolved over time. ...
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Is the goddess Artemis asexual?

- Artemis, goddess of hunt, was either aroace or a lesbian according to many people. - Zeus, god of the thunder, was bisexual. - Poseidon, god of the seas, was bisexual. - Dionysus, god of the parties, was bisexual.
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Who did Calypso marry?

According to Homer's epic, the Odyssey, when Odysseus landed on Ogygia, Calypso fell in love with him and decided to keep him as her immortal husband.
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Who is Reyna dating?

Reyna developed romantic feelings for Jason as they grew up together in Camp Jupiter. Reyna's romantic feelings for Jason got stronger over the years.
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Who does Leo Valdez end up with?

He is one of the seven heroes of the Prophecy of Seven. After sacrificing himself and then resurrecting using the physician's cure, he rescued Calypso out of Ogygia. He is currently living with Josephine and Hemithea, going to high school with Calypso.
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Does Luke Love Annabeth?

Annabeth was in "love" with Luke (See BoTL prophecy: Loose a love worse than death) and Luke was actually in love with Annabeth in TLO, but Annabeth realized she didn't actually love Luke.
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Who does Annabeth marry?

Go through the lives of the Seven and Nico and Thalia after the Great Wars, Percy and Annabeth are married, will never be seperated again, and wants kids.
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Does Percy Jackson proposes to Annabeth?

Percy proposes to Annabeth one evening as they walk along the Fireworks Beach in Camp Half Blood.
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How did Gaia get pregnant?

Hephaistos had a strong desire for Athena, but as a virgin goddess she ran away from him. He was not able to catch her – but he ejaculated and the seed fell on her leg. She wiped it away with a piece of wool and the seed fell on Gaia, the Earth, making her pregnant.
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Did Athena and Hephaestus have a child?

Athena resisted and during the struggle, Hephaestus' semen fell onto Athena's thigh. The goddess took some wool to wipe it away and threw it on the ground. Out of that semen, Erichthonius was born.
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Who was Medusa in love with?

Medusa and Poseidon engaged in a love affair and would have two children together, but not before Athena discovered the illicit affair.
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