Poseidon and Hephaestus were originally the same god

Etymology of the Names The Greek religion has its roots in Mycenaean mythology, and Poseidon was originally the head of the Mycenaean Pantheon. The Mycenaeans used Linear B script which descends from Cretan hieroglyphs. Poseidon’s name in Linear B script was Po-se-da-o-ne . Po-se means “Lord”, “master”, or “Husband”, while Da-o-ne means “the Earth”. Poseidon’s name was literally “Lord of the Earth”. Poseidon’s counterpart in Sumerian Mythology was Enki , whose name also means “Lord of the Earth”; En means “Lord”, and Ki means “Earth”. Enki was also the husband of the Earth. Enki was the God of water, crafts, intelligence, and creation. He lived in an aquifer called the abzu, and he was the older brother to Enlil, Lord of the Wind. Enlil was the god of storms, and he lived in the e-kur, or mountain house. Likewise Poseidon lived in the Ocean, and was the older brother of Zeus, who was the god of thunder, and lived on Mount Olympus. In the Mycenaean religion Hephaestus was known as A-pi-i-ti-jo . P-i-ti-jo is the Linear B name for the Egyptian God “Ptah”. Ptah was the Egyptian god of crafts, intelligence, and creation. Ptah was the Egyptian counterpart of the Sumerian God Enki. The Earth Shaker Poseidon was originally a Cretan God, adopted by the Mycenaean civilization when power shifted from the Minoans to the Mycenaeans. The Cretans called Poseidon the Earth Shaker, and believed he was responsible for earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Volcanic eruptions were later attributed to Hephaestus, the god of fire. The reason horses are associated with Poseidon was because it was believed that Earthquakes were caused by running horses. The Cretans were a seafaring people, who traded with the Egyptians. The Cretans used a writing script called “Linear A”, which was the precursor to the Linear B script used by the Mycenaeans in Peloponnesia. When power shifted from the Cretans to the Mycenaeans, the Mycenaeans adopted Poseidon as their chief god, and used tails of the Egyptian god Ptah to create the myth of Hephaestus. PIE religion The myth of Poseidon derives from the Proto-Indo-European religion. In the PIE religion Poseidon was known as *H2epom Nepots. *H2epom Nepots means “closely related to water”, or possibly “the water dweller”. It is from the name *H2epom Nepots that Poseidon’s Latin name, Neptūnus, is derived. *H2epom Nepots also influenced the Sumerian myth of Enki, and the Vedic myth of Apam Napat. Most of what we know of *H2epom Nepots comes from the myth of Apam Napat. *H2epom Nepots was the God of water, and was considered the creator of mankind (like Enki). *H2epom Nepots was closely associated with a mythical fire-water. Sometimes this fire-water was depicted as volcanic magma, and other times it was depicted as salt-water. The Vedic god of fresh water, Apam Napat was often depicted as fire arising from water. At the end of the Vedic hymn to Apam Napat, he is invoked as Agni , which in Sanskrit means “fire”. Agni was the God of Fire, and the son of Dyaus Pitar, the Sky father; Agni’s brother was Indra, the God of storms. Likewise *H2epom Nepots was the son of *Dyēus Ph2tēr, the sky father, and the brother of *perkwunos, the god of storms. Agni’s vehicle was a ram, and similarly Enki’s ship was called “the Ram of the Abzu” The myths of Poseidon and Hephaestus both derive from the myth of *H2epom Nepots. Poseidon is the water aspect of *H2epom Nepots, and Hephaestus is the fire aspect of *H2epom Nepots. Conclusion Hephaestus, the Greek god of fire and patron god of craftsmen, was a Greek adaptation of the Egyptian God Ptah. Ptah, the Egyptian creator god, and patron god of craftsmen, was an Egyptian adaptation of the Sumerian God Enki. Enki, the Sumerian creator god, and patron god of craftsmen, was a Sumerian adaptation of the Proto-Indo-European creator god *H2epom Nepots. *H2epom Nepots was both a fire god and a water god. The name of the Greek water god, Poseidon, shares a common origin with the Sumerian water god, Enki. The Latin name for Poseidon was Neptūnus, which comes from the Proto-Indo-European name *H2epom Nepots. The Proto-Indo-European myth of *H2epom Nepots directly influenced both the Greco-Roman myth of Poseidon, and the Sumerian myth of Enki. http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk... http://www.academia.edu... http://www.ceisiwrserith.com... books.google.com/books?isbn=8120811135 books.google.com/books?isbn=0819602736