Friday, March 6, 2009

Poseidon

Poseidon, ruler of the sea and water, he was also known and the earthshaker because he could control earthquakes. Poseidon was the brother to Zeus and when the three brothers divided up the Creations Zeus got the sky, Poseidon got the sea and water, and Hades got the underworld. Poseidon married Amphitrite she was the granddaughter of the ocean Titan Oceanus, but like his brother Zeus he had many other affairs with different women and had a lot of off-springs. He was also the creator of horses. It was said that made horses of of the sea foam. Poseidon symbol and his weapon was the trident. A spear with three spikes at the tip. He was second in power only to Zeus from all the gods. It was said that Poseidon was greedy and always tried to steal the cities from the other gods. Poseidon was relied on to a safe voyage at sea from sailors.

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