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Minerva's weaving was meant as a final warning to her foe to back down. Minerva was insulted by the scenes that Arachne was weaving, and destroyed it. She then touched Arachne on the forehead, which made her feel shame for what she had done, leading her to hang herself. Minerva then felt bad for the woman, and brought her back to life.
Minerva is a feminine given name usually given in reference to the Ancient Roman goddess of wisdom. The name Minerva stems from Proto-Italic * meneswo (" intelligent , understanding "), and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European (PIE) * menos (" thought ").
The association between the owl and the goddess continued through Minerva in Roman mythology, although the latter sometimes simply adopts it as a sacred or favorite bird.. For example, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Corone the crow complains that her spot as the goddess' sacred bird is occupied by the owl, which in that particular story turns out to be Nyctimene, a cursed daughter of Epopeus, king ...
Professor Minerva McGonagall is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series of novels by J. K. Rowling. McGonagall is a professor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry , where she is also the head of Gryffindor House and the deputy headmistress under Albus Dumbledore .
Photo cred: Facbeook. Her full name, Myrtle Elizabeth Warren, was a muggle-born, Ravenclaw student who was killed by Salazar Slytherin's Basilisk, per Lord Voldemort's (Tom Riddle) orders.
Today's Strands game revolves around names with a double meaning. NYT Strands Spangram Hint: Is it Vertical or Horizontal? Today's spangram is vertical (bottom to top).
Articles relating to the goddess Minerva. She is typically identified with the goddess Athena. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of ...
"Nuts, cheap, unrelenting, optimistic, sweet. She’s just crazy, Oh my God. But she writes great songs," the pop legend says about Warren in 'Diane Warren: Relentless'