Board Thread:The Heroes of Olympus/@comment-5896827-20160731081509/@comment-5896827-20160811203153

I read the part of the book about Kayla's birth to get a better idea but came out with nothing. He used the example of Zeus birthing Dionysus and Athena's handkerchief having a kid as an example but neither were maleXmale examples.

Zeus did not conceive Dionysus with another male or on his own. He did it with Semele. Because she died while pregnant, he let Dionysus finish developing in his leg. It's was like transferring a baby to another womb.

For Athena, it wasn’t her kid but a combination of Hephaestus’ godly sweat (which was on the handkerchief) landing on the ground and, since the Earth is Gaea, a child sprung up. Gaea has been known to create humans and giants from nothing but earth so this isn't a stretch for her. Again, the GaeaXHephaestus is maleXfemale. From what I read, Athena was only a foster mom of the kid by choice.