Salacia

Salacia, a female divinity in ancient Roman mythology, was the goddess of salt water who presided over the ocean's depths. She was associated with the Greek goddess Amphitrite, consort of Poseidon. Neptune wanted to marry Salacia, but she was in awe of her suitor and managed to hide in the Atlantic Ocean. Neptune sent a dolphin to find her and persuade her to return and share his throne. Salacia agreed to marry Neptune, and the dolphin was awarded a place in the heavens, where he now forms the constellation Delphinus.
Salacia was a beautiful nymph, crowned with seaweed, either enthroned beside Neptune or driving with him in a pearl shell chariot drawn by dolphins, sea-horses, and other creatures of the deep. She was dressed in queenly robes and had nets in her hair. She was the personification of the calm and sunlit aspect of the sea and was sometimes translated as "the salty one." As her wife, Salacia bore Neptune three children, the most celebrated being Triton, whose body was half man and half fish.
Category:Goddess
Category:Roman Pantheon
Category:Religion