the concept of gods and goddesses as protectors or guardians of a place is common to almost every myth, especially if it belongs to a multi pantheonic culture.
just as bonbibi protects our forests, we have mumbadevi protecting mumbai. And in greek myth, athene is the patroness of Athens.
Athene, interestingly is believed to have been borrowed from libyan lore by the pelasgians (pre Hellenic inhabitants of greece)where she was known as neth. (Greek myths: Robert Graves)
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