Poseidon is the ruler of the sea elements, one of the most famous and prominent representatives of the Olympic deities of Ancient Greece. Often, all water resources are usually identified with this celestial or its analogue from Rome, Neptune.
This position is not entirely appropriate: according to ancient mythology, the sea depths were inhabited by many fabulous creatures, whose power was also quite large.
These characters, of course, include Triton, the son of Poseidon. Like his father, he was considered the patron saint of the seas and rivers, and controlled the water element at his discretion. According to myths, he always appeared unexpectedly and with a sink in his hands. With its help, he fearlessly controlled the waves, causing strong storms to spin, or, conversely, pacified them. During the heavy battles of the Olympic gods with the titans, he was able to wrap some of them in a shameful flight, making powerful and frightening sounds with a pipe-shell. The family trident can be attributed to the symbols of Triton.
Many legends are associated with his name, the most interesting of which are myths about the Argonauts or the punishment of the arrogant daredevil Misen.
Brave Argonauts, caught in a fierce storm, were abandoned in the Libyan desert. In order to survive and get out of it, travelers had to overcome a dangerous path to Lake Triton with a ship in their hands. In order to get out to the sea again, they had to bring a copper tripod to Triton. The son of Poseidon appeared before them in human guise, accepted the gift and indicated the desired direction. In addition, he presented courageous travelers with a lump of land, which, when falling into the sea, turned into a beautiful island.
Not only did Triton help people. The son of Poseidon could cruelly punish the proud. And so it happened with Misen from Troy. His talk that he is supposedly the best trumpeter on the whole Earth and that even the gods are inferior to him has reached Triton. Rising from the depths of the sea, with the help of his shell, he made such powerful sounds that the insolent was simply washed away into the water.
The Greeks often portrayed him as a human fish. Upper part of the body, the son of Poseidon resembled a man, but his legs fused into a fish tail.
Triton was born from the union of Poseidon and the beautiful Nereid Amphitrite. God Poseidon, like his brother, Zeus the Thunderer, was distinguished by rare lovingness. In addition to Triton, he had many children. The Greeks ranked among his children Amik, Antei, twins Ot and Efialt, even the winged horse Pegasus.
The remaining children of Poseidon were not as famous as Triton. Legends and myths about them left only brief references. So, Amik died at the hands of one of the Argonauts in a fist fight.
Antei is a huge giant from Libya, born of the Earth goddess from Poseidon. He was famous as an invincible fighter who did not know pity. He drew his strength from Mother Earth, touching her during the next battle. He accepted death from the famous Hercules, who was able to solve his cunning.
Separately in this row is Pegasus, not possessing a human appearance, but appearing in the form of a horse.
Most of the time he spent surrounded by beautiful nymphs on the top of Mount Parnassus. Like the other children of Poseidon, Pegasus was not immortal, but on the last day of his life he was awarded the great honor of Zeus and turned into a constellation.
