Metis is an Oceanid and the Titan goddess of intelligence, deep thought, prudence and wise counsel in Greek Mythology.
Genealogy and Family[]
Born a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, she is one of the 3,000-4,000 Oceanids and a sister to The Potamoi. With Zeus, she is the mother of Athena.
Stories[]
Metis was an early ally of Zeus and the Olympians- even before the Titanomachy (Titan Wars), being the goddess who created Zeus the special concoction- he fed to Cronus-to free his siblings: Hera, Demeter, Hestia, Poseidon and Hades.
Metis became a lover of Zeus, and became pregnant with his child, which greatly worried Zeus due to a prophecy from Themis, warning that Zeus would with Metis have a powerful daughter and an even more powerful son, who would threaten his father's place as King of the Gods. To avoid this prophecy coming true, Zeus made a plan: He told Metis to transform into different forms (in some traditions-animals) and she complied forgetting her prudence and when she turned into a fly (or in some accounts a droplet of water), Zeus swallowed her, trapping her within his body, where he also gained Metis' powers and knowledge. Nine months later, Zeus felt a great pain in his head and in most accounts asked his son-Hephaestus to crack open his head, out of which emerged Athena, the goddess of wisdom, who was born fully grown and clad in armour.
Appearance[]
Personality[]
Gallery[]
Metis' Gallery can be found here.
Trivia[]
Her Greek name is Μητις, which means counsel.