Athena: Pursuit of The Vikings by Amon Amarth

Athena seems to be a very interesting character in The Odyssey. She is both wise and powerful, helpful and respecting. Athena also seems very mysterious, going about disguised as others and taking interest in the lives of mere mortals. I find this very interesting in that no other Greek Gods seem to care at all about humans, let alone help and interact with them.
Athena has done a couple things that have struck me. In book 3, Athena aids Telemachus to collect a crew and sail to Sparta in order to help him find his father. In addition, Athena takes a peculiar interest in Odysseus. She is either "fighting" with Poseidon, or she really likes Odysseus, although I cannot yet decide which. All of these things seem rather odd to me.
I picked Pursuit of The Vikings by Amon Amarth because it contains many descriptions that would apply to Athena. The Norse god Odin and Athena are very alike. Although Odin is the Zeus of the Norse, the things that he is god of are the same. They are both gods of war and wisdom.
The lyrics:
"Odin! Guide our ships
Our axes, spears and swords
Guide us through storms that whip
And in brutal war" exemplify what Athena stands for. Odin and Athena are somewhat alike, being gods of equivalent things. Athena is a god of war and would possibly guide soldier's axes. She is also a god that would help someone such as Odysseus (because of his cunning and whit) to make it home safe.