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Name: Poseidon Parents: Cronus, Rhea God of: The Sea Roman Name: Neptune Spouse: Amphitrite(goddess of the sea)
 * He is the son of Kronos and Rheia and the brother of Zeus, Demeter, Hades, Hestia, and Hera.

=Origins: =


 * Poseidon is mainly god of the sea, but he created the horse as a gift for a beautiful maiden who he loved. The horse became his favorite animal, and he even created a flock for himself in the ocean.
 * Poseidon is one of three brothers gods in Greek Mythology hwo divided the world among themselves. Poseidon got the sea.
 * Poseidon was a tempermental god, who often plagues those who angered him with storms and shipwrecks. He was powerful, decisive, competitive, an ddignified. It was very important to stay on his good side, he was also hot headed and moody. he was quick to take offense, and made a hobby out of taking his revenge out on those who angered him.

=Powers: = = = =Strengths: =
 * As sea god, Poseidon was usually seen with a trident.
 * He is the god of water, horses and earthquakes.
 * Because he was god of earthquakes, he was considered responsible for shipwrecks and drownings.


 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">A creative god, designing all the creatures of the sea <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">.

=<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Weaknesses: =
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Warlike, moody and unpredictable.

=<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Mortal interactions: =
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Tyro was a Thessalian princess who fell in love with the river Enipeus. As she was sitting by the river banks, Poseidon approached her and seduced her. She gave birth to two sons, Pelias and Neleus, which she exposed in the wilderness to die. They were found there and rescued by passing herdsmen who raised them as their own. Tyro's father salmoneus later married her to his brother Kretheus, king of Iolkos, and there she gave birth to three of his sons. Upon reaching manhood the sons of Poseidon returned to their mother, and seized control of their uncle Kretheus' kingdom. They also changed his second wife Sidero, who had been mistreating Tyro.

=<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Stories/ Events: =
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">One myth tells a story of a contest held between Poseidon and Athena to determine who would be the parton of the Greek capital city. Poseidon struck the ground with his trident and caused a spring to come up from the rocks instantly. Unfortunatley the spring was salt, and the olive tree which Athena planted was considered to be much more useful; the city of Athens still bears her name today.


 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Poseidon wished to marry Oceanid Amphitrite, a nymph( a beautiful maiden) who didn't want to get married at all. She fled to Atlas and hid herself. Poseidon sent his search party of sea creatures to look for her, the dolphin found her and convinced her to get married to Poseidon. Besides the nymph, Poseidon had several affairs. He had an affair with Alope, Amymone, then out of lust raped Caeneus and also had sexual intercourse with Medusa, a gorgon on the floor of a temple to Athena. Thus, Poseidon was the father of many children, many of them were not humans and grew to become great heroes.