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Metis (lit. 'wisdom', 'skill', or 'craft'), in ancient Greek religion and mythology, was the goddess of good counsel and one of the Oceanids, the daughters of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys. She is notable for helping a young Zeus free his siblings from his father Cronus' belly by supplying him with a special drug. After Zeus became king of the cosmos, he and Metis were married, but after hearing a prophecy stating that after Metis gave birth to a daughter, she would have a son mightier…

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Metis was a Titaness Goddess and a Fertility Goddess. She was the creatoress of Demeter, Hestia and Hera. Metis was the caretaker of the 6 Traitors Dynasty before the start of the Titanomachy. Sometime before the end of the war, she was devoured by her future son-in-law Zeus so that he could harness her power in order to defeat his father Kronos. Metis later reveals that she did not want to stay inside Zeus forever, and so transformed herself into a star. In this way she is able to speak to…

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