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Neither god nor athlete. The belief that Adidas is the Greek goddess of sports and victory is at best dubious. Adidas is in fact the iconic brand of athletic shoes known worldwide. The name is taken from Adolf "Adi" Dassler who, in 1924 founded with his brother Rudolf the Dassler Brothers Shoe Factory in Herzogenaurach, Bavaria. It was Adi who persuaded Afro-American sprinter Jesse Owens to use Dassler shoes at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, where Owens won four golds and, incidentally, disproved Hitler's theory of Aryan racial supremacy. In 1947, after the war, Rudolf broke up with Adi to form his own company, the Puma SE, which of course produces the other famous shoe brand, Puma. Adi renamed his company Adidas AG in 1949. The two brands, Adidas and Puma, have been in fierce competition ever since.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 10y agoNone. I think you mean Nike. But their symbol has nothing to do with Greek or Roman mythology - their name does.
It is the name of the the Greek goddess who is the daughter of Palla (a Titan who is believed to be an earlier incarnation of the god of warcraft whose job was later taken up by Athena when she killed him) and Styx (a daughter of Poseidon and Tethys). Her Roman equivalent is Victoria. Nike is the personification of victory. She is the sister of Kratos (power), Bia (force), and Zelus (zeal).
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∙ 13y agoNo. There's no Greek god or goddess named Adidas.
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