Rebirth Wonder Woman powers

[Zahina]

Wonder Woman was gifted by 4 goddesses and 3 gods. Aphrodite, Athena, Artemis, Hera, Zues, Apollo, and Hermes.

Any idea what powers Hera and Apollo blessed Diana with?

[kjn]

Wonder Woman was gifted by 4 goddesses and 3 gods. Aphrodite, Athena, Artemis, Hera, Zues, Apollo, and Hermes.

Any idea what powers Hera and Apollo blessed Diana with?

Huh. I had always assumed the mouse was Demeter, but looking things up, I think you're right. That setup of gods giving blessings is most definitely a step back from the one that Pérez used. Though it'd be fun if Wonder Woman writers decided to lean into that Apollo is bisexual.

The powers that Diana demonstrates later on are flight, strength, speed, and animal communication. She also demonstrates great empathy later on. Flight and speed are probably as in Pérez, from Hermes. Strength was by Demeter, and none of the ones in Rucka's set really fits here. Aphrodite would probably be empathy. Artemis animal communication.

But Apollo, Hera, and Zeus are rather unclear.

[SiegePerilous02]

As far as I can recall, Apollo wasn't involved:

Owl = Athena
Dove = Aphrodite
Deer= Artemis
Falcon = Demeter
Mouse = Hephaestus
Tortoise = Hermes
Peacock = Hera

It's also ambiguous in year One at least how much of a role Zeus plays in Diana's power. Rucka may have been subtly trying to write it as if the clay birth was still intact even if he couldn't come right out and say it, so Diana doesn't seem to have gotten any powers from her lineage to Zeus. Which isn't unheard of, not all of Zeus's kids got powers like Heracles.

[Gaius]

Going off previous origins and powers Rucka displayed

Athena: Wisdom
Aphrodite: Usually empathy and beauty but doesn't really work outside of a clay origin because she seemed to already have that.
Demeter: Strength
Hermes: Speed/Flight
Artemis: Enhanced senses/can talk to animals

Don't know about Apollo, since I don't think he was there. Maybe a healing factor since Apollo was also a patron of medicine before becoming more associated with the Sun.

[kjn]

The mouse is associated with Apollo. Hephaestus is associated with the donkey.

Unless Rucka messed up, and intended Demeter to be the mouse.

[SiegePerilous02]

The mouse is associated with Apollo. Hephaestus is associated with the donkey.

Unless Rucka messed up, and intended Demeter to be the mouse.

He may have messed up, because Diana describes Hephaestus as the mouse the next morning to Barbara.

Though the mouse is also shown next to Barbara before her discovery of Lyssipe's tomb when she's at the dig, which seems more like an Apollo act.

[Phoenixx9]

Hestia: Healing and the fires of truth.