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No, no, no, anon. There is no point in exactly pinpointing whether Athena or Aphrodite or Inanna etc. is a war goddess or a fertility goddess or whatever, because the identity of the gods are not fixed and based on rigid inalterable doctrines established in a distant past, they are the product of diachronic cultural changes, brought about by ever-changing social and material conditions.
(Not to say that the gods are mere social constructs though; in fact I believe in them and their perennial sway over human matters wholeheartedly.)
One of the most common mythological changes is syncretism, usually brought about by cultural importation, a common aftermath of commerce and trade, sometimes by cultural imposition by a conquering population. It makes the defining lines between the pantheon members of a race even more nebulous. Aphrodite is the goddess of love, but did you know that she is also worshipped as a god of war and that the people of Aeolia sacrifice their spring lambs to curry her favor and make their wheat be heavily laden with corn?
So, no, I am not denying that Athena is only a war goddess. And I am not implying that by saying that Athena and company are reflexes of the male Anima, therefore only the archetype of the warrior goddess can arise from the male Anima, since people usually think of war traditionally as a masculine endeavor. That’s wrong, because the Anima is not a product of the masculine principle, but rather a necessary complement to it that makes the male psyche whole.
Actually I haven’t watched that vid your are referencing yet, but based on your reprisal of my earlier post, I think I will be inclined to disagree with Prof. Jiang’s takes on religion. The main monetheistic religions, Christianity, Islam and Judaism, are not the predictable end states of religion. They are, simply speaking, successful products of their own time.