Metis

* Season 3 (Star)
* Titanomachy

**Metis** was a Titan and a Fertility Goddess. She was the creator 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 other deities by pulling them into a special realm, however she does not have enough energy to maintain this state indefinitely.

## Appearance

Metis is a large deity with dark orange hair and skin. She has a pair of stylized orange wings with brown lines at the edges. Her eyes are black with yellow sclera.

In her first appearance, she wears a burgundy dress with white tassels across the chest, white armbands on both arms, and a white headband.

## Personality

Metis appeared to be kind and wise. In her first appearance, she encouraged Hera to help care for the wounded Hades, suggesting she was caring. However, she also appeared firm with Hera when the latter showed reluctance over helping. She also warned Hera about the coming war with the Titans, indicating that she was thinking ahead.

After Hades escaped from Kronos, Metis consoled him as he struggled to recover from his mental wounds. She appeared to understand him, telling him not to be ashamed of the "sorrow in his blood," which was her way of describing trauma.

When Persephone later meets her, she displays a cheeky and teasing side of her personality.

## Relationships

### **Children**

#### **Demeter**

Demeter was Metis' first creation, who she crafted from the earth. There is very little known about their relationship or how Demeter reacted to Metis' fate. Years later, Demeter would have her own daughter, Persephone, and soon come to the realization that like her mother, Persephone was a fertility goddess.

When Persephone meets Metis, she tells her that Demeter misses her very much. Although Metis acknowledges that Demeter must miss her, she explains that being able to speak with her is "not an ongoing service."

#### **Hestia**

Hestia was Metis' second creation, who she crafted from fire. There is very little known about their relationship or how Hestia reacted to Metis' fate.

#### Hera

Hera was Metis' youngest creation, who she crafted from the stars. Out of all of her creations, Hera seems to miss Metis the most. Metis seemed to have loved Hera greatly, affectionately referring to her as “my girl” in the past. In a flashback, Hera is called over by Metis and told to treat Hades' wounds. When Hera showed reluctance, Metis told her she needed to be brave and asked her if she would want someone to help her if she was injured herself. She also told Hera she needed to set a good example for her "sisters."

When Hera and Zeus came up with a plan to bring down Kronos, Metis was furious, as it involved Hera seducing Kronos to then poison him over time. The argument led Hera to tears, but she was determined to go through with it. The war ended with Zeus consuming Metis, as her fertility goddess status greatly increased his powers. It is unknown how Hera reacted to her mother's death, but she still thinks about her in the present day.

### Grandchildren

#### Persephone

Metis and Persephone never met until Episode 229. Persephone initially showed a great deal of respect to Metis due to her legendary status, only for Metis to tell her she could treat her as she normally would. Metis briefly explains to Persephone that she turned herself into a star to ensure her survival after being devoured by Zeus. However, upon Persephone asking her to speak to Demeter, she explains that she is only able to temporarily muster enough power to take on a physical form and meet with Persephone and Hades in her pocket realm.

She then speaks with Persephone about her status as a fertility goddess. After listening to Persephone's confusion over it, she confesses that if she or Rhea were able to keep their physical forms, they would've mentored Persephone in her abilities. She then tells Persephone and Hades about the story of Ouranos and Gaia and how the hierarchy eventually came to be.

Persephone brings up her assault from a descendant of Ouranos, and how since she learned of her fertility goddess status, she's fearful he'll take her powers now that he assaulted her. Metis reassures Persephone that Ouranos's descendant won't be able to, because he needed one thing to be able to access her abilities: her love. As long as he didn't have her love, there was no way he'd be able to gain her abilities.

As the conversation continued, it was brought up about her relationship with Zeus which is revealed that Metis did have an affair with Zeus long ago, but kept it hidden from both her daughters Hera and Demeter who both were in love with Zeus. But when Zeus devoured her, she admitted to Persephone and Hades she felt hurt, but was happy with the results since it ended Kronos's tyranny, and also prevented Hera from learning of the affair. However, learning that her mother had a fling with Zeus, Persephone became worried at the possibility of her being Zeus's daughter. Metis reassures her that she's definitely a creation of Demeter solely before picking her up and taking a whiff of her.

After smelling Persephone, she confesses she: "Smells like a fertility goddess.....sort of." Metis points out she picked up an unknown scent and wasn't sure what it was. Persephone reveals that when she was born, she was blessed with wrath but she doesn't know if she could consider it a blessing. Metis tells Persephone she should thank the one who blessed her with wrath because if it wasn't for that blessing, Persephone would be stuck on her mother's farm for good. However, Metis continues and reveals what she was smelling was Erebos's scent. Metis becomes concerned and asks Persephone if she made a deal with Erebos.

Persephone confesses to Metis she has no memory of making a deal with Erebos only for Metis to become deeply concerned and tell her to find Erebos immediately and work out the deal with him. Persephone then asks Metis how she could find Erebos only for Metis's time to be up. Metis reveals her time is up to Persephone and before she leaves, wishes Persephone good luck.

**Others**

#### Hades

The extent of their relationship is unknown, however, according to Hades, Metis told him not to be frustrated by his slow recovery, explaining to him that it was due to the sorrow (trauma) in his blood.

When Hades meets Metis again, he is in the form of a moth. Metis teasingly tells him that he is a bit smaller than she remembers, but that it is an elegant look for him.

#### Zeus

Zeus is Metis' son-in-law and a former fling of his during the Titanomachy. Before his mother, Rhea, seemingly entered hibernation from being drained by his father Kronos, Rhea had advised Zeus to seek Metis to add him in his war against Kronos. Soon after Zeus was able to save his brothers and then meet Metis' daughters, Demeter, Hestia, and Hera. The group got along well and sometime after, Zeus and Metis began to see each other but kept it a secret once Metis noticed Demeter and Hera developing feelings for Zeus. It would appear that the fling ended when Zeus and Hera became a couple some time afterwards. However, because they had formed a bond of love, it granted Zeus the ability to use Metis' fertility powers for his own and resulted in him, tearfully, devouring her in order to beat Kronos and end the war.

Although he devoured her, Persephone was able to speak to Metis once entering a temple for the fertility goddesses and reveals that she became a star, hinting that her physical body was destroyed and prevents her from seeing her daughters. While she does show annoyance over Zeus having to devour her, she is able to make peace with it as it ended the war. Metis also believes with her gone; it saved Zeus from Metis ever telling Hera about the past relationship.

## History

Metis was the caretaker of the 6 Traitors Dynasty before they started a war to overthrow the tyrannical Titans. One of the traitors, Zeus, devoured her so that he could harness her power in order to dethrone his father Kronos.

## Powers and Abilities

* As a fertility goddess, Metis had a huge amount of power. She was capable of creating gods from just starlight, fire, and the earth’s soil. Demeter acknowledges that she is not as powerful as Metis, as she needed to carry her own daughter to term.

## Gallery

Profile view.The size of Metis' hand compared to Hera's size.Hera remembering Metis.Metis being consumed by Zeus.Zeus consuming MetisMetis creating Hestia from fire.
## Trivia

* In Greek Mythology, Hestia, Demeter and Hera was the daughters of Kronos and Rhea as well as the sisters of Zeus, Poseidon and Hades, who was also devoureds by her father when she was born.
* In Greek Mythology, Metis was an Oceanid, one daughter of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys (making her the sister of Styx) and the mother of Athena by Zeus. She was also said to have given Zeus a potion to cause Cronus to vomit out Zeus' siblings.
* Her full title is the Titanide Goddess of Intelligence, Deep Thought and Prudence.