What is another word for minerva?

Pronunciation: [mɪnˈɜːvə] (IPA)

Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom, has several synonyms in different cultures and mythologies. In Greek mythology, Minerva is known as Athena, the goddess of wisdom and war. In Hindu mythology, Saraswati is the goddess of knowledge, music, and arts and is often considered the equivalent of Minerva. In Norse mythology, the goddess Freya is associated with wisdom and fertility. In African mythology, Mami Wata is the goddess of water and is believed to have wisdom and knowledge. The Egyptian goddess Isis is associated with wisdom, magic, and healing. These goddesses are revered and worshipped for their wisdom and knowledge in different cultures.

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    • Proper noun, singular
      minerve.

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Usage examples for Minerva

When "cut from love and faith," Science is no more than "some wild Pallas from the brain of Demons"-like minerva, who sprang all armed and full-grown from the brain of Jupiter.
"A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam'"
Alfred Gatty
One of her schoolfellows, who knew her at the age of thirteen, confessed to me that it was impossible to imagine George Eliot as a baby; that it seemed as if she must have come into the world fully developed, like a second minerva.
"George Eliot"
Mathilde Blind
minerva Hall, also in Sketches by Boz, reveals "one of those public nuisances, a spoiled child," spoiled because his papa was too busy with public duties and his mamma with society duties to train him properly.
"Dickens As an Educator"
James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes

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