Greek God Research Paper

Bryan Franco
Ms. Licea
May 2, 2016
English IV – Pd.7
Poseidon
What is Greek Mythology? It is the myths and teachings the ancient Greeks had. One of the Greek God’s is Poseidon. He is the God of the sea, horses, and earthquakes. His parent are Cronus and Rhea. Cronus is the youngest among the Titans and the god of time and Rhea Titaness of the earth goddess (Gaia) and the sky god (Uranus). Poseidon is from the watery domains of the earth and lives in a palace under the sea. One interesting fact of this god is that he one of the five children Cronus (father of them all) has swallowed. Poseidon is the most important God of their time because he was one of the 3 major gods’ after Cronus
The appearance of Poseidon is that he has pure white hair

to represent his old age, the tail related to the one of a mermaid in order to swim, the crown for decoration and, is well fit to represent that he is a god. The powers he has are obtained by the weapon he uses (the trident) which allows him to cause different kinds of disasters related to the sea such as tsunamis, sea storms, and waves. However, everything has some kind of weakness, in the case of the god Poseidon is being lied to or tricked.
Poseidon was just a baby when swallowed by Cronus until later on Zeus youngest of all the six siblings saved them by making their father drink a liquid to vomit his children. Although, they were close different conflicts formed after Zeus, Hades, And Poseidon split the Heavens, Earth, and Underworld between each other. Poseidon stayed with the sea and the earth. He had different affairs for which he created the horse as a gift to one of them, in addition he, as many other god as well had kids, had Theseus, Triton, Polyphemus, Belus, Agenor, Neleus, Atlas all to different affairs.
The reason why the myth was created because many had different perspectives to the myth of Poseidon. The purpose of the myth was to show the story of the God in the way the Ancient Greeks had. However, throughout time many stories and myths were created or twisted a bit in different cultures. He protected the ones who stayed loyal to him and those who prayed to him as well, however those who didn’t pray and were on a voyage at sea Poseidon would send obstacles and terrible things to them.
Some of the symbols of Poseidon are the Trident, horse, dolphin, bull. These symbol’s represent the different powers Poseidon has because all the three animal symbols show strength, and the trident shows power. In today’s society, different symbols can be found that represent the God Poseidon, such as the number 3, the trident, horse, water, tides (waves). These are common symbols the Greeks had to the God and have been throughout time and the cultures and haven’t changed at all.