[quote=@Fabulous Knight]
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Or hell, they could go full Athena and make the whole thing metaphysical.
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Well, there is some debate as to whether Athena was truly metaphysical. Some myths say that her mother was a wise titaness that Zeus tricked into turning into a fly before swallowing her whole. If there was hanky-panky before he got paranoid about a prophecy then she could have given birth to Athena before being digested or such. After all, Athena sort of was born fully grown after Zeus had a massive headache that caused Hephaestus to split his head open with an axe for kindness's sake.

However, I do understand what you mean.