Woodman Casting Athena

Search museum databases (British Museum, Louvre, Met) for “Erichthonius and Athena” or “Erichthonius carpenter” to locate actual artifacts matching this description.

That morning something else threaded through the familiar cadence: a statue half-buried in bramble and moss, lying where the wood thinned into a forgotten clearing. He found it by chance, his axhead flashing as he pushed aside a vine that had wound itself around a stone knee. The figure was of a woman—tall, composed, bearing a spear carved with minute care and an owl perched on her shoulder. Stone hair fell like waves. Her eyes, though weathered, still held a stern intelligence. woodman casting athena

Owning such a piece requires special care. The woodgrain patina is delicate. Follow these guidelines: Search museum databases (British Museum, Louvre, Met) for