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Gender Feminine
Usage Greek Mythology
Scripts Μῆτις(Ancient Greek)

Meaning & History

Means "wisdom, skill, cunning" in Greek. In Greek mythology she was a Titan. Because it was prophesied that her children would be wiser than Zeus, he swallowed her after he had impregnated her. However, their daughter Athena eventually burst from his head fully grown.