Spider told by the Roman poet Ovid in his "Metamorphoses", Arachne was a Lydian girl who challenged the goddess Athena to a weaving contest. Arachne won, but Athena destroyed her tapestry out of jealousy, causing Arachne to hang herself. In an act of mercy, Athena brought Arachne back to life as the first spider. Stories about the trickster-spider Anansi are prominent in the folk traditions of the Asante people of Ghana. In some cultures, spiders have symbolized patience due to their hunting technique of setting webs and waiting for prey, as well as mischief and malice due to their venomous bites.
Athena Asamiya Athena Asamiya Athena was designed with idea of having an appealing main character in "Psycho Soldier" following the staff's negative reaction to the "Athena" video game. The use of a character song and multiple outfits resulted into a major praise by publications for video games. Nevertheless, the character also received negative criticism. Athena Asamiya is based on the title character from SNK's video game "Athena". The staff did not like the title character and thus wanted to create an improved sequel, "Psycho Soldier". Athena has long pink hair and wears a black Japanese school uniform. In order to generate contrast