Poseidon God Of The Seas Neptune in Roman Mythology

In the Greek pantheon, Zeus is the king of the gods. He rules the skies and the living, Hades rules the underworld and Poseidon is the god of the seas. Known as Neptune in Roman mythology, Poseidon was also once a male spirit of fertility and one of the early civic gods. He is the eldest son of Titans Cronus and Rhea and is one of the first Olympians. Hades, Zeus and Hera are his siblings.

Poseidon lives in a palace on the ocean floor built of coral and gems. His chariot is drawn by a hippocampus and his attribute is the trident. His animals are the horse, the ram, the white bull and the dolphin apart from other aquatic creatures.

Poseidon is turbulent and brooding. He has flowing black hair and a powerfully muscular body. He is associated with serenity, intuition, anger and meditative knowledge. Poseidon-consciousness refers to an inversion of awareness which results in the perception of the other through superconsciousness. Poseidon is a dark god. He is said to be able to cause mental disturbances and some forms of epilepsy.
In his benign aspect, Poseidon creates islands, issues inland water and springs as a fertility symbol and offers calm seas. When offended, he causes shipwrecks and storms. He can also start earthquakes, hence his name is Earthshaker.

Poseidon is said to have participated in a contest with Athena, daughter of Zeus and Juno and goddess of wisdom and learning over the possession of Athens and Attica. He created a salt spring as a gift to the cities while Athena created an olive tree. Athenas gift was adjudged the best by the Olympians and she became the patron goddess of Athens. She is also said to have been one of the caretakers of the Oracle of Delphi until it was taken over by Olympian Apollo. He is later known to have worked in coordination with Apollo taking care of the colonists who went to sea.

When Poseidon was born, his other brothers and sisters were devoured by his father. Poseidon was saved by the cleverness of Rhea who, unknown to Cronus, offered him a baby horse instead.

When Demeter, the goddess of home and the hearth, went searching for daughter Persephone who was to later become the queen of the netherworlds, Poseidon pursued her. Demeter changed herself to a mare but Poseidon became a stallion and mated with her. Their son was the horse of Lesbos, Arion, himself a Dionysiac poet patronised by Periander, tyrant of Corinth.

Poseidon also raped Medusa turning her into a monster and fathering Pegasus who later became her slayer. He is also known to have fathered the famous Theseus. Her consort is Amphitrite, daughter of Nereus and Doris, nymph and ancient sea goddess. Triton the merman (with Amphitrite), Polyphemus the Cyclops and Oto and Ephialtae, the Giants are his children.

Poseidon is said to have originated with the Aryans who later migrated to Greece as well as India. He is identified as the early Vedic god Varun in the Hindu religion, who was also god of the seas. She is also known as Aegaeus and the town of Aegae in Euboea has a temple in his name. Poseidon