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The water-god Poseidon [40] appears as a horse which seems to represent the water-spirit [37] and Erinys is probably the personification of a revenging earth-spirit. [ 41 ] [ 36 ] From earlier times at Delphi Poseidon was joined in a religious union with the earth-goddess Ge .
In Greek mythology, the naiads (/ ˈ n aɪ æ d z, ˈ n eɪ æ d z,-ə d z /; Ancient Greek: ναϊάδες, romanized: naïádes), sometimes also hydriads, [1] are a type of female spirit, or nymph, presiding over fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of fresh water.
Several types of water deities conform to a single type: that of Homer's halios geron or Old Man of the Sea: Nereus, Proteus, Glaucus and Phorkys. These water deities are not as powerful as Poseidon, the main god of the oceans and seas. Each is a shape-shifter, a prophet, and the father of either radiantly beautiful nymphs or hideous monsters ...
Poseidon: Neptune: God of the seas, water, storms, hurricanes, earthquakes and horses. The middle son of Cronus and Rhea. Brother of Zeus and Hades. Married to the Nereid Amphitrite; although, as with many of the male Greek gods, he had many lovers. His symbols include the trident, horse, bull, and dolphin. Demeter: Ceres
She has been compared to the nymph, the female character of ancient Greek mythology. [48] [49] She is said to inhabit water sources (rivers and wells), [50] similar to their ancient mythical counterpart, the Nereids (water nymphs). [51] [52] However, in modern speech, the term also encompasses fairy maidens from mountains and woodlands. [53]
The ruins matched the location of an important — but long-lost — sanctuary described in an ancient Greek text, Geographica. Poseidon, god of the sea , was a key figure in Greek mythology.
Triton (/ ˈ t r aɪ t ɒ n /; Ancient Greek: Τρίτων, romanized: Trítōn) is a Greek god of the sea, the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite. Triton lived with his parents in a golden palace on the bottom of the sea. Later he is often depicted as having a conch shell he would blow like a trumpet. [citation needed]
When he lost, Poseidon used the trident to dry out the land so they had no water. The well was later to be called the Erechtheis. [3] [4] [5] There is further myth that Poseidon (Neptune) produced a horse by striking the earth with the trident, in order to bolster his claim, [6] but there is no attestation for this among Greek writers. [7]