Arachne

''There were some who said the Spider Woman was really a spider in human disguise... but come on, who would believe a foolish rumor like that?'' - LadyCricket, 2020

Arachne is the primordial spider spirit, and the mother of all other spider spirits including Portia, Nephila, and Thomisus. She was also a highly worshiped spirit in Hanto prior to the beginning of Portia's attempt to usurp the god of void.

Arachne is the Hantonese minor god of spiders and weaving. She was able to shapeshift herself to look like a beautiful and ordinary human woman to blend in to human society, though it did not escape other's notice that she never aged. Due to her beauty in human form, she had several short-lived romances with different mortal men, until she found a very long-lasting one with Georg.

Arachne went on to have children with Georg that went on to become the ancestors of all spider atavi. She was killed and eaten by her daughter Portia prior to the events of Spider-Jellyfish Wars, but since spirits are immortal, she is able to return after the events of The Spider God War.