Greek God of Water POSEIDON.

 Poseidon

Posiedon, in ancient Greek religion god of the sea( water generally), earthquakes, and horses. He is also distinguished from Pontus, the personification of the sea and the oldest Greek divinity of the waters. The name Poseidon means either" the husband of earth" or "the lord of the earth".

Posiedon

Traditionally, he was the son of Cronus ( the youngest of the 12 titans) and of Cronus's sister consort Rhea, a fertility goddess.

                               

                                       Cornus                             Rhea

Poseidon was the brother of Zeus, the sky god and chief god of Ancient Greece, and Hades, the god of the underworld. When the three brothers overthrew their father, the kingdom of the sea fell by a lot to Posiedon. his weapon and main symbol was a trident, perhaps once a fish spear. According to Greek poet Hesiod, Poseidon's trident, Zeus's thunderbolt, and Hade's helmet were fashioned by three Cyclopes.

Posiedon                         Trident

 

       Zeus                            Thunderbolt

 

        Hades                              Helmet        

As the god of earthquakes, Poseidon was also connected to dry land, and many of his oldest places of worship in Greece were inland, though these were sometimes centered on pools and streams or associated with water. In this aspect, he was known as enosichthon and ennosigaios("earth-shaker") and was worshiped as asphalts ("stabilizer"). As the god of horses, Poseidon is thought likely to have been introduced to Greece by the earliest Hellenes, who also introduced the first horses to the country about the 2nd century BCE. Poseidon himself fathered many horses, the best known of which was the winged horse Pegasus by the Gorgon Medusa.

Pegasus

Poseidon came into conflict with a variety of figures in land disputes. Notable among these was a contest for Sovereignty over Attica, which he lost to the goddess Athena. Despite losing, Poseidon was also worshiped there, particularly at Colonus( as hippos," of horses").

       

                                                                  Athena

Poseidon's offspring were Myriad. He was the father of Pelias and Neleus by Tyro, the daughter of Salmoneus, and thus became the divine ancestor of the royal families of Thessaly and Messenia.

Many of his sons became rulers in other parts of the ancient Greek world. Otherwise, he had many monstrous offspring, including giants and savage creatures, such as Orion, Antaeus, and Polyphemus. The progenitor of many, with several consorts, Poseidon also was married to the Oceanid Amphitrite, with whom he also had multiple offspring, including the sea creature Triton.

                          Amphitrite                            

The chief festival in Poseidon's honor was the Istgmia, the scene of famous athletic contests( including horse race), celebrated in alternate years near the Isthmus of Corinth, his character as sea god became most prominent in art, and he was represented with attributes of the trident, the Dolphin, and the tuna. the Romans, ignoring his other aspects, identified him with Neptune as sea god.