| Once upon a time, in a land far away, there was | | | | the village. Attene told them all the invaders had |
| a small village. Each morning, you could see the | | | | were bows and arrows. She would teach the men |
| men, in their heavy animal skin coats, herding the | | | | how to use these weapons also. The men were |
| sheep up to the mountain pastures. These rugged | | | | shocked. This woman not only knew how to use |
| men, with their long beards and fierce eyes would | | | | these new weapons but was also willing to teach |
| be accompanied by their half tamed dogs. The | | | | them. The men accepted her offer.The next time |
| men would stay up in the mountain pastures for | | | | the villagers saw the marauders advancing to |
| the day, with only their dogs as companions. | | | | their village, they quickly went to Attene and told |
| When their sons were old enough, the sons would | | | | her. She positioned the men around the village, in |
| take part of the herd to a different pasture to | | | | various hiding spots. They could see the |
| graze.Down in the small village, the women, | | | | marauders, but the invaders could not see them. |
| dressed in their drab clothing, would tend the | | | | Attene stood in the middle of the village and |
| garden, do chores and prepare the evening meal. | | | | waited. The marauders rushed up to her, |
| When the girls were old enough, they would help | | | | demanding to know where the men were and |
| with the chores around the small house. The girls | | | | where their payment was. Attene told them the |
| fed the chickens, collected the eggs, helped wash | | | | payment had stopped and they should leave |
| the clothes in the small stream that meandered | | | | immediately. When the chief of the marauders |
| by the village.Sometimes there was a conflict with | | | | made a threatening gesture toward her, she |
| neighboring villages, as all the men wanted the | | | | pulled out a knife and killed him. The men of the |
| best pasture land for their herds. None of these | | | | village saw this, gained courage and used the |
| people had any idea of weapons. When there was | | | | bows and arrows she had taught them to make |
| a fight, it was usually with fisticuffs.Men from | | | | and use. They felled most of the marauders and |
| another place invaded this small pastoral land. | | | | the rest scattered, never to return to that |
| These other men had weapons. They used bows | | | | village.Attene stayed in the village, and taught |
| and arrows, killed some of the villagers and stole | | | | them many things. She showed the women how |
| some of their herds. Then these invaders | | | | to use herbs as cures. She gave counsel to |
| demanded payment for leaving the villages alone. | | | | disagreements that occasionally occurred. She |
| Some of the young girls were taken as prizes for | | | | became the wise woman of the village. |
| these roving bands of marauders.This situation | | | | Surrounding villages heard of her and came to |
| went on for a long time. One day, a woman | | | | learn also. Soon the length and breath of that far |
| appeared in this village. She was tall, had black hair | | | | away land knew of Attene and her |
| and green eyes just as fierce as the men of the | | | | wisdom.Attene was a very old woman when she |
| village. The villagers immediately did not trust this | | | | died. The villagers buried her in a place of honor. |
| newcomer. They had never seen anyone with | | | | Many generations from that time on, bowed in |
| green eyes before.The men gathered to challenge | | | | respect as they passed her resting place. The |
| her as they believed she was really a spy the | | | | story of Attene was handed down from |
| invaders had sent. When one of the men went to | | | | generation to generation, of her wisdom, and her |
| strike her, she immediately set him on his | | | | ability to win battles. Of course, over time the |
| hindquarters. When another man tried to strike | | | | stories became more and more exaggerated.Her |
| her, she did the same to him. The men were | | | | resting place was forgotten, but not the story of |
| taken back. A woman could best them was a | | | | Attene. The story became legend, and the legend |
| shock to them. After all, women were weak and | | | | became myth. Her name changed over time, and |
| belonged in the home. They were not supposed | | | | she began to be called Athene. Athene gradually |
| to know how to fight. The men demanded | | | | changed to Athena.This is why the Greek |
| answers from this strange woman.She told them | | | | goddess Athena is the goddess of wisdom and of |
| she came from a far off land. When her home | | | | war.She is the only one of the Greek gods that |
| was destroyed, she became a wanderer. As she | | | | sprang full grown from the head of Zeus. |
| liked mountains, she decided to come to their | | | | Mythology tells us she had no mother. This is |
| area. The men decided she would be allowed to | | | | because she was once a real person who had |
| stay for a little while. When asked her name, she | | | | gone to Greece after her home was |
| simply said my name is Attene.Attene had been in | | | | destroyed.Athena was a high priestess in Atlantis. |
| the village for a few days, when the marauders | | | | She carried the knowledge of that ancient |
| returned. She watched, but said nothing as they | | | | civilization with her when she left. She was safely |
| took part of the herd, and two young girls. After | | | | away when her home sink beneath the |
| the marauders left, she questioned why the | | | | sea.Athena_Louise book - Pyschics, Psychos and |
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| how they had already killed some of the men of | | | | |