poseidon

Poseidon (Greek) - Neptune (Roman)Source

Poseidon is the son of Cronus and Rhea. His siblings are Zeus, Hades, Demeter, Hestia, and last but not least Hera. Poseidon is the god of the sea, storms and earthquakes. He is known as the “Earth-Shaker” to many. He is also referred to as Gaiokos. The name comes from the word gaia that means earth for the name earth shaker. His main symbol of his power is his trident. Just like the helm of darkness for Hades and the lightning bolt for Zeus. He is a major god for many cities such as Atlantis. But Athena had beat him out for the city of Athens. There are many animals also associated with Poseidon. Some of those animals would be the dolphin, the bull, the horse, and fish.

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Overcoming Cronus- It is said that when Poseidon was born he was swallowed by his father Cronus to be later saved by his brother Zeus. But there are many different ways that the story is told. It is said one way that Poseidon was born and saved by his mom Rhea. She had hidden him in a flock of lambs and pretended to give birth to a colt. Then Rhea gave the colt to Cronus to swallow. It turned out that Poseidon was being raised by Arne. Arne told Cronus that she did not know where Poseidon was when Cronus went looking for him. It is said that Poseidon was being raised by the Telchines who were natives to Rhode. It was believed that the gods killed the Telchines because they had turned evil. It was said that they also had flippers and dogs’ heads. They were known as fish children.