THE GREAT GREEK GODS
POSEIDON AND HIS TRIDENT
Poseidon and his brothers and sisters
had the same mother and father, Rhea and
Cronus. Rhea was kind, but Cronus was not.
Cronus didn’t want kids because one of them
would overthrow him. Poseidon got
swallowed by Cronus when he was a baby.
Although, he was swallowed he was still very
powerful.
Poseidon’s trident was his godly
weapon. He usually used it. This powerful
weapon could shatter any object on the
Earth. The trident could make a spring of
water in the ground if you hit it into the
Earth, but can also make something as
powerful as an earthquake. Therefore
Poseidon having a weapon that powerful, you
should be careful around him.
Many people were scared of Poseidon
because he didn’t have a very good temper.
When he wanted to be the patron god to
Athens along with Athena he lost because
Athena made the olive tree. He sent a flood to
Athens because he was angry. After he finally
found a city that he could be their patron, the
rulers were very bad, so he sunk them into
the ocean. You may know this as
Atlantis.However, many people call him
different names because he was so powerful,
not because he was the best.
Poseidon had many different names
and titles. He got one of his title because he
could make earthquakes and move the Earth.
This title was “Earth shaker”. Another name
he had is not one as reasonable. This title was
“husband of the Earth” or “lord of the
Earth”. It doesn’t make sense because in
ancient Greek mythology Gaea is considered
the Earth, but Poseidon is her grandson.
He also has many symbols.One
symbol is his godly weapon, the trident.
Another surprising symbol is the bull. The
bull does not make sense because it is not an
animal where it’s habitat is the sea. One more
symbol is the dolphin.
ATHENA AND HER SHIELD
Unlike some gods and goddesses, Athena
was not the child of a Titan. Athena was one
Big Three (Poseidon, Hades, Zeus)
One of Poseidon’s symbols:Dolphin
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