Arachne

Arachne was a Greek mortal.
==Mythology==
===Contest with Athena===
Arachne was a mortal woman that claimed that she was a more skilled weaver than Athena, the goddess of handicrafts, such as weaving. Athena, in the guise of an old woman, warned Arachne of talking about being more superior than the gods, but Arachne only claimed that Athena should come down from Olympus and challenge her to a contest. Athena revealed herself and they started weaving.
There are three myths as to how the story ended; firstly, some say that Arachne wove pictures of embarrassing acts that the gods had committed. When Athena saw this, she destroying the weaving and struck Arachne, turning her into the first spider. The second version of the story goes that Arachne truly was a better weaver than Athena, so she turned Arachne into a spider out of jealousy. The last version goes that Arachne wove pictures of the gods chasing mortal girls so Athena beat her with her shuttle, which made Arachne hang herself so Athena turned her into a spider.
Category:Greek Mythology
Category:Mortals