Pallas Athena: High Priestess in the Temple of Truth

Names

• A-ta-na (Linear B script)
• A-ta-na-po-ti-ni-ja (Linear B script)
• ἄστη” (ástē)
• Min-erva (or Minerva), also known as Nyhellenia or Nyhalennia/Hellenia (Oera Linda)

Connection with Atlantis

During the Golden Age many great beings came to Earth to experience physical incarnation and undergo the training to become Initiates or High Priests and Priestesses.

Of the latter, there were always twelve at any given time. As Atlantis evolved, suitable beings who had the knowledge, wisdom and experience appropriate to command the experiment at that time were invited to take on this role.

Among them were Hercules, Pallas Athena, who was a High Priestess in the Temple of Truth, and Lady Portia, known as the Goddess of Justice.

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What we know of Athena today

The name Athena for the goddess of Athens has roots in ancient Greek language and mythology. The exact origin of the name is not definitively known, but there are a few theories:

Some scholars suggest that the name “Athena” might have pre-Greek origins, possibly from the Mycenaean civilization or another earlier culture. In the Linear B script used by the Mycenaeans, the goddess appears as “A-ta-na” or “A-ta-na-po-ti-ni-ja,” which means “Mistress Athena.” This suggests that the name may have been adopted by the Greeks from an earlier language.

Another theory is that the name “Athena” could be derived from the Greek word “ἄστη” (ástē), meaning “city.” Since Athena was the patron goddess of the city of Athens, her name might be linked to her role as a protector of the city.

Some linguists have proposed that the name could have Indo-European roots, although this is more speculative. In this context, the name might be related to words meaning “sharp” or “pointed,” reflecting Athena’s attributes as a goddess of wisdom and war, known for her sharp intellect and strategic mind.

1. The ancient Greek name for Athens, “Ἀθῆναι” (Athȇnai), is a plural toponym. This suggests that the city was named in reference to a group or sisterhood associated with the goddess Athena, who was their patron deity. Scholars generally agree that the goddess was named after the city.
2. The suffix “-ene” found in Athena’s name is more commonly associated with place names in ancient Greek rather than personal names, further supporting the idea that Athena’s name is derived from the city.
3. Other cities in ancient Greece had analogous goddesses who were named after the cities where they were worshipped. Examples include Mykene in Mycenae and Thebe in Thebes. This pattern reinforces the idea that the names of these deities were likely derived from the names of their respective cities.
4. The name “Athenai” may have Pre-Greek origins, indicated by the presence of the morpheme *-ān-. This suggests that the name might have been influenced by the languages or cultures that existed in the region before the rise of classical Greek civilization.

In summary, Athena’s name is likely derived from the city of Athens, reflecting a broader pattern in ancient Greek religion where city goddesses were often named after the cities they protected and were worshipped in.

• Athena originated as an Aegean goddess linked to the palace, overseeing household crafts and protecting the king. Her worship is evidenced in both Mycenaean and Minoan cultures, with inscriptions and frescoes highlighting her role.
• One significant inscription, “a-ta-na po-ti-ni-ja,” found in Linear B tablets at Knossos, is often translated as “Mistress Athena,” though its connection to Athens remains unclear.
• Some scholars propose that Athena evolved from earlier Minoan and Mycenaean deities, potentially associated with Zeus.
• Initially, she might have been linked to birds or snakes, but over time, Athena shed these animalistic forms, retaining only symbolic representations like the owl.

The Oera Linda Book

In the Oera Linda Book, Athena (Greek: Athénè or Pallas) is not the mythical goddess born fully armed from Zeus’s head. Instead, she is presented as a historical figure: a wise Burgtmaagd (chief virgin priestess) of the goddess Frya from the ancient Frisian/Fryan people. Her given name was Min-erva (or Minerva), also known as Nyhellenia (or Nyhalennia/Hellenia).

Min-erva served as a priestess at Walhallagara. Her title Nyhellenia reflected that her counsels were “new and clear” (ny hel). She embodied wisdom, justice (rjucht), and freedom (frydom), her true “inheritance,” which she said she carried in her bosom and would never sell or compromise.

Arrival in Attica and the Founding of Athens

Around 1600 BCE, Min-erva arrived in Attica (Greece) at the head of a Frisian colony, traveling with the fleet of the sea-king Jon. The local people (simple goatherds living on hillsides, called Hellingers or Hellenes) received the newcomers peacefully after Min-erva helped them against neighbors who raided for slaves/children.

On her advice, they named their new citadel and settlement Athene or Athenia — from the Frisian “Âthen” or “âtha,” meaning they came or were received “as friends.” (The Greeks associated the name with Pallas, leading to Athènai.) She insisted on abolishing slavery as a foundation for true alliance and peace.

The text (and its 19th-century analysis) describes her as fair and blue-eyed, contrasting with typical Greek divine imagery. Her personal emblems — which she explained in dialogue with skeptical princes and priests — were:

• Eggs: Symbols of Frya’s counsels and the hidden future of humanity. Time must “hatch” them; people must protect them from harm.
• Hound (sheepdog): Represents guardianship — like a shepherd’s dog that keeps Frya’s flock (her people) together and safe.
• Night owl (often on her head or banner): A reminder of a certain breed of deceitful people who hide in temples and caves “gnawing in the dark.” Unlike helpful creatures that rid pests, these ones contrive deceptions, steal knowledge, and enslave others — “sucking their blood like leeches or vampires.”

These symbols later fed into classical depictions of Athena (wisdom, owl) and her role as protector of navigation/shipbuilding.

Teachings and Philosophy

Min-erva taught self-control, virtue, liberty, and the love of wisdom. Key points from her recorded dialogues:

• There is only one supreme being: Wralda’s spirit (the All-Creator), who is good and does no evil. “God” means “good.”
• Evil and calamities (like plagues) come from human folly, vices, foul morals/customs, and the traps set by false priests — not from angry gods.
• During a plague, she rejected offerings to appease nonexistent evil deities. Instead, people must purify themselves “inside and out,” release captives, and live justly. Leaders must first become pure examples.
• Humanity must solve its own problems to grow strong and wise. Wr-alda wants people to become wise through experience, not remain “tame sheep” sheared by rulers and priests.
• Leaders (aldermen, counselors, chieftains) should be elected from the wisest and best among the good people.

She rejected superstition, bribery of counsel, and priestly control.

Death, Deification, and Conflict

After her death, the very priests and princes who had mocked and slandered her (calling her a sorceress) deified her. They proclaimed that the Most High God had sent his clever daughter Min-erva (surnamed Nyhellenia) over the sea “in a cloud” (or on a whelk shell in some tellings) to bring wisdom, riches, and happiness. They erected statues, invented false counsels and miracles she never gave, and used controlled “maidens” (priestesses) as mouthpieces while keeping them ignorant and confined.

The Frisian followers (including the Geertmen) refused to worship her as a goddess, stating that only Wralda’s spirit is perfectly good. They chose another mother (Geert, daughter of Pyre) instead. The priests accused them of envy, attacked their stone citadel in Athens (with help from Tyrian ships and advice from an Egyptian high priest named Cecrops), and forced many to migrate eastward. They eventually settled in the Indus region (called Geertmania in the text).

Legacy as Greek Athena / Roman Minerva

According to the Oera Linda narrative, this real northern priestess became the prototype for the Greek virgin goddess Pallas Athena — wise, associated with the owl, crafts, and later navigation/shipbuilding. In Roman times, she was worshipped in Walcheren as Nehallenia (a goddess of navigation), closing the circle back to her Frisian sea-faring roots. The book suggests that many elements of emerging Greek mythology were shaped, borrowed, or distorted from these events and teachings around 1600 BCE.

This portrayal fits the Oera Linda Book’s larger themes: an ancient matriarchal Fryan civilization spreading knowledge and freedom, later corrupted by priests into idolatry, control, and false gods — with echoes in Atlantis-related esoteric traditions.

Note: Mainstream scholars consider the Oera Linda Book a 19th-century forgery (likely a hoax or Frisian nationalist creation), but it remains a rich source for alternative history and esoteric interpretations of ancient migrations, mythology, and the origins of wisdom traditions.

The core accounts appear in “Minno’s Writings” and the sections on the Geertmen in the Book of Adela’s Followers. If you’d like direct quotes, more context on related figures (like Jon, Kalta, or Frya), or connections to your other research (Oahspe, Atlantis parallels, etc.), just let me know!