Poseidon

=Introduction=

Poseidon is the god of the sea. He is also call "Earth-Shaker". His epithets include Poseidon Soter (Poseidon, savior of sailors), Poseidon Taureos (Poseidon, the bull of the sea), Poseidon Hippios (Poseidon, the creator of horses), and Poseidon Petraios (The rock of Poseidon). The son of Cronus and Rhea, Poseidon is one of the six siblings that overthrew their father and divided the power of the world amongst themselves. His siblings include Hestia the goddess of the hearth and family, Demeter the goddess of harvest, Hera the jealous wife of Zeus, Hades the one who forced Persephone to be his queen in a process that included a fruit, and the every lustful Zeus. =Relationships=

Being the sibling of Zeus, it isn't surprising that Poseidon would also have a seemingly unsatisfiable sexual desire. He had many love affairs and from them offspring were produced. Poseidon once married Amphitrite who was a sea-nymph and thus Triton was born. Logically, Triton was half-man half-fish. Other offspring from this relationship include Rhode and Benthesicyme. In one of his sexual exploits, Poseidon impregnated the Gorgon Medusa to conceive Chrysaor and Pegasus (the flying horse). Legend has it that when Medusa's head was sliced off by one of the heroes, Pegasus sprang from the neck. He raped Aethra and that forceful penetration resulted in Theseus. Another rape victim of his was Caeneus. But after the rape, she requested that she be turned into a man, that way, nothing like that would happen again. This was the first trans gender operation ever. Other offsprings include Eumolpus, the Giant Sinis, Polyphemus, Orion, King Amycus, Porteus, Agenor and Belu from Europa, Pelias, and King Busiris.

For some reason, one of his most famous love affairs is with his very own sister, Demeter. At that time, incestuous relationships were not so shunned upon (Zeus and Hera). In order to avoid the relentless pursuit of Poseidon, Demeter decided to turn herself into a mare. But it was useless since Poseidon later transformed into a stallion and procreated with her. This resulted in a the horse Arion, a sign that genetics doesn't apply to all.

=Description=

Poseidon's physical characteristics aren't explicitly described in works regarding him. So it is safe to assume that he had the perfect body. Six-pack abs, ripped guns, muscular biceps, triceps, everything-cepts (much like Kyle) etc.

Personality-wise, he can easily be agitated especially when Zeus provokes him to insults him. Because of this and others, he threatens his mightier brother. But in the end, he is yielding and submissive to Zeus.

When he is agitated he causes earthquakes and cause rough seas. But can also be very nice and cooperative such as in the Trojan War.

=Events=

A famous incident is the competition between him and Athena for the city of Athens. In order for him to win the favor of the people, he threw a spear into the group and produced a spring. It is called the Spring at the Acropolis. Unfortunately, the water from the spring was salt water since Poseidon is the sea-god. Athena decided to give the people the olive tree. The people decided that the olive tree was better and as a result, Athena won.

Also in a contest between himself and Athena, he produce the first horse.

Poseidon, being a god, was somewhat involved in the Trojan War. It is said that he and Apollo built the walls of Troy for Laomedon. But when the task was completed, Laomedon refused to give them their rewards. What more, Laomedon sent them away with threats. And so he sent a sea monster to Troy and it almost devoured Laomedon's daughter when it was slaughtered by the pinnacle symbol of manliness, Heracles.

Also, during the Trojan War, Odysseus blinded Poseidon's son Polyphemus (also known as Cyclops). Because of that, Poseidon sent Odysseus and his crew many hardships, especially when they were on the seas.

In one instance, Poseidon was on of the factors that contributed to the creation of the Minotaur. In order to prove his divine right to be the ruler of Crete, Minos asked that Poseidon send a bull from the sea and he would sacrifice it. But for some reason, Minos really liked the bull and decided not to sacrifice it. This enraged Poseidon. And so he asked that Aphrodite, the goddess of love, make Minos' queen fall head over heels for the bull. Through the act of bestiality, the queen gave birth to the monstrous Minotaur.

One of the most interesting events of Poseidon's life was when he saved Amymone from be raped by a satyr. Here was the man that had raped countless of women, saving one from being raped. And above all, he didn't try to rape her in the process. = =

=Emblems=

Poseidon is associated with dolphins and the trident.

Poseidon is associated with the tridents because he used it to create sources of water in Greece and also used it to create the horse.

The dolphin because it was like the horse in the sea. Poseidon is depicted is some works of art as having the dolphin pull his chariot.

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