If you had to pick a specific dynamic for Zeus and Metis, how would you depict them?
Wow my inbox is full of greek mythos questions!
So, actually my Zeus design is a system, and Metis is one of his alters! She wasn't always, but that's divine intervention for you.
I did this because Metis is a very finicky figure in mythology.
She's a goddess of deep thought, though her name implies something more of a trickster. Wisdom, and magical cunning. Daughter of Tethys and Oceanus. A serenity only the oceans could bring.
Her relationship with Zeus is often a loving one, with many viewing her as Zeus' first love.
It's important to note that Metis isn't always an actual person. Rather, most often, Metis is an aspect of Zeus, with the epithet Μητίετα (Mêtieta), meaning "the Wise Counsellor."
That said, the myth goes that Metis was the advisor of Zeus. She helped him develop the poison that saved the first Olympians from the stomach of their father.
After the 10-year war Titanomachy, Zeus pursued Metis, and they married. In his mind, she was indispensable and important. A threat. Still he lay with her, he loved her. However, a prophecy from his grandparents Gaia and Uranus, kept him awake at night.
It was said that Metis would birth a daughter wiser than she, and a son more powerful than his father. A child that would eventually overthrow Zeus and take his place.
Enveloped in fear, and wishing to forestall (merely prolong) this fate, Zeus tricked Metis. Convinced her to turn herself into something small, and ate her.
She was already pregnant. In his head she rested, birthing and raising athena in his mind, advising him even still.
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Still, others say she was a victim, changing into smaller and smaller creatures to evade the new king.
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I view their relationship as something bittersweet. A love never meant to last. She never wanted to be loved, but she knew better. He knew better than to love, but he wanted to.
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