aka Pallas Athene (Athena) the OLYMPIAN; (possibly adopted by Zeus after disowned by Poseidon her natural father); (name Minerva comes from Etruscan Menrva, daughter of Tinia, q.v.); (she is considered same Goddess as Isis, Ishtar, Athena, Astarte, Cybele, Ashtoreth, Hebat, and Diana of Ephesus; poss. Virgin)