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 also released by SNK. Athena was the featured character on a 'Neoprint' photo printing machine for a while. The character of Athena has been very popular within gamers; in the character popularity poll on Neo Geo Freak's website in 2000, she was voted as the tenth favorite character with a total of 1,020 votes. Japanese magazine "Gamest" ranked Athena at No. 3 in the list of Top 50 Characters of 1994. In June 2018 it was revealed Athena would become a virtual Youtuber retaining Haruna Ikezawa's voice. Athena's transformation into a virtual Youtuber has been noted to be as sign