Poseidon

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Poseidon is the Greek God of Oceans. He is Lord of the Seas, the Earth-shaker, Rain-maker and the Cloud-Gatherer. To the Romans, he is Neptune, the Great Sea God.

Poseidon is the brother of Zeus and Hades. Together, they overthrew their father Cronus and the Titans and thereby became the ruling Greek Deities. During the long battle against the Titans, the brothers had help from many others but one of the most renowned was the Cyclops. The Cyclops bestowed thunderbolts upon Zeus, a cloak of invisibility to Hades and a trident to Poseidon The weapons become symbols of the three Gods. When victory finally came to the brothers, they drew lots for who got what job. Zeus drew the Heavens and became King of the Gods, Hades got the Underworld and Poseidon drew the oceans. They agreed they would all share the Earth but as Poseidon was more often on the mortal realm, the job fell more to him than his brothers.

Poseidon built a great palace in his underwater realm and created beautiful white horses with golden manes to pull his chariot across the ocean for him. Despite the vastness of his...

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