Poseidon


 * Roman Name**: Neptune
 * Greek Name**: Poseidon


 * Symbols**: Trident, Fish, Dolphin, Horse and Bull


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 * Patron of**: The Sea, Earthquakes, and Horses


 * Origin**: Poseidon is one of three brothers who each divided the power over the world amongst themselves. Zues recieved the sky, Hades recieved the underworld, and Poseidon recieved the sea.


 * Job**: When a ship is recked out at sea, it is the work of Poseidon. He is the protector of ships, but he can always turn on you. That is why most sailers try to not upset Poseidon.

Poseidon:
**Poseidon's Strengths:** A creative god, designing all the creatures of the sea. **Poseidon's Weaknesses:** Warlike, though not so much as Ares; moody and unpredictable.
 *  The son of Cronus and Rhea, Poseidon is one of six siblings who eventually "divided the power of the world." His brothers and sisters include: Hestia , Demeter , Hera , Hades , and Zeus . The division of the universe involved him and his brothers, Zeus and Hades. Poseidon became ruler of the sea, Zeus ruled the sky, and Hades got the underworld.  Second only to Zeus in the number of illicit liaisons. With his wife Aphitrite he fathered a half-fish son, Triton. Dalliances include Medusa , with whom he fathered Pegasus, the flying horse, and Demeter , his sister, with whom he fathered a horse, Arion.
 * Poseidon was relied upon by sailors for a safe voyage on the sea. However, Poseidon was a very moody divinity, and his temperament could sometimes result in violence. When he was in a good mood, Poseidon created new lands in the water and a calm sea. In contrast, when he was in a bad mood, Poseidon would strike the ground with a trident and cause unruly springs and earthquakes, ship wrecks, and drowning.
 * Poseidon is the Greeks the Greek god of the Sea and Neptune is the Roman god of the sea.
 * Many men drowned horses in sacrifice of his honor.
 * The movie Percy Jackson & the Olympians the Lightning Thief is a way that Poseidon has survived to the modern day and is now a part of pop culture.