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In all these regions Poseidon was the god of the horses. The origin of his cult was Peloponnese and he was the inland god of the Achaeans, the god of the "horses" and the "earthquakes". When the Achaeans migrated to Ionia there was a transition to regarding Poseidon as the god of the sea because the Ionians were sea-dependent. [35]
According to Greek mythology, she was the creator of the universe and was responsible for the birth of both humanity and the first race of gods the Titans. Cronus, god of the harvest. Poseidon, one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and myth; god of the sea and other waters, earthquakes and horses. Cybele; Persephone; Rhea
We also have evidence of several ancient inscriptions that urge townspeople to sacrifice to Poseidon Asphaleius in the aftermath of an earthquake, to bring stability back to their town. [11] There are ruins of an altar to this aspect of the god on Aigai. [8] The still extant Temple of Poseidon on Tainaron is dedicated to this aspect of the god.
Poseidon Ποσειδῶν: God of the sea, earthquakes, and horses. [152] He is the son of Cronus and Rhea, and the brother of Zeus and Hades. [153] He was an important deity in Mycenaean Greece, and through the archaic period his position receded. [154]
This category covers gods of the Earth, and also of earthquakes. ... Poseidon (10 C, 13 P) S. Saturn (mythology) ...
Authorities in Mexico have slapped a “closure” order on a 10-foot-tall (3-meter) aquatic statue of the Greek god of the sea Poseidon that was erected in May in the Gulf of Mexico just off the ...
Poseidon, Olympian god of the sea and king of the sea gods; also god of flood, drought, earthquakes, and horses. His Roman equivalent is Neptune. Proteus, a shape-shifting, prophetic old sea god, and the herdsman of Poseidon's seals. Psamathe, goddess of sand beaches.
Namely Poseidon, the Greek god of the seas. Tiffany and Co. The best explanation of his chosen muse is that he was raised in Virginia Beach in a community called Atlantis.