Poseidon

God of the Sea, Ruler of the Waves, Divine Mariner, Earthshaker, Stormbringer, Father of Horses, Great Father of Atlantis... (Titles)

## Biographical Information

### Occupation

Pagan God of the Sea, Oceans, Storms, Earthquakes, Natural Disasters, and Horses
High-King of Oceanic Gods
High-King of Atlantis (Formerly)

### Employer

Self-Employed (High-King of Atlantis)
Twelve Olympians, Olympian Deities

## Relationships

### Relatives

Khaos (Progenitor, Great-Grandfather)
Ouranos (Grandfather)
Gaia (Grandmother)
Kronos (Father)
Rhea (Mother)
Oceanus, Hyperion, Koios, Krios, Iapetus, Elder Cyclopes, Hekatonkheires, The Gigantes, Peter Quill... (Uncles)
Tethys, Theia, Phoebe, Mnemosyne, Themis, Aphrodite... (Aunts)
Hestia, Demeter, Hera (Older Sisters)
Hades (Older Brother)
Zeus (Younger Brother)
Chiron (Half-Brother)
Triton, Chrysaor, Pegasus, Polyphemus, Orion, Theseus, Percy Jackson... (Sons)
Rhodos, Benthesikyme, Kymopoleia, Charybdis... (Daughters)

### Marital Status

Married (Amphitrite, Wife)
Exes (Demeter, Medusa, Sally Jackson...)

## Personal Information

### Affiliation

Mount Olympus
Poseidonis, Atlantean Empire
Greco-Roman Cosmos
Olympian Deities
Oceanic Deities
Greco-Roman Deities
Greco-Roman Pantheon

### Ranking

Elder Olympian, Olympian God, Oceanic God
Principal God, Major God
Patron God/Former High-King of Atlantis

## Portrayal

### Origins

Greco-Roman Mythology

**Poseidon**, also called **Neptune**, is the God of the Sea, Storms, Earthquakes, and Horses from Greco-Roman Mythology. As an Elder Olympian, he is the founder and the original High-King of Atlantis and leader of all sea gods in the Greco-Roman Pantheon.

## Overview

**Poseidon** (Greek: Ποσειδῶν) was one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and myth, god of the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses. In pre-Olympian Bronze Age Greece, he was venerated as a chief deity at Pylos and Thebes. He also had the cult title "earth shaker".

In the myths of isolated Arcadia he is related with Demeter and Persephone and he was venerated as a horse, however it seems that he was originally a god of the waters. He is often regarded as the tamer or father of horses, and with a strike of his trident, he created springs which are related with the word horse. His Roman equivalent is Neptune.

Poseidon was protector of seafarers, and of many Hellenic cities and colonies. Homer and Hesiod suggest that Poseidon became lord of the sea following the defeat of his father Cronus, when the world was divided by lot among his three sons; Zeus was given the sky, Hades the underworld, and Poseidon the sea, with the Earth and Mount Olympus belonging to all three.

In Homer's *Iliad*, Poseidon supports the Greeks against the Trojans during the Trojan War and in the *Odyssey*, during the sea-voyage from Troy back home to Ithaca, the Greek hero Odysseus provokes Poseidon's fury by blinding his son, the Cyclops Polyphemus, resulting in Poseidon punishing him with storms, the complete loss of his ship and companions, and a ten-year delay. Poseidon is also the subject of a Homeric hymn. In Plato's *Timaeus* and *Critias*, the legendary island of Atlantis was Poseidon's domain.

Athena became the patron goddess of the city of Athens after a competition with Poseidon, and he remained on the Acropolis in the form of his surrogate, Erechtheus. After the fight, Poseidon sent a monstrous flood to the Attic Plain, to punish the Athenians for not choosing him.

## History

### Modern Era

#### Oath of The Big Three

After World War II ended, the Oracle of Delphi prophesied that a demigod child of either Hades, Poseidon, or Zeus would either cause the downfall or the salvation of Olympus. This caused the three Elder Olympians to swear an oath to no longer sire any more demigod children.

#### Romance with Sally Jackson

Despite this oath, many years later, Poseidon would fall in love with the clear-sighted mortal Sally Jackson. In 1995, their union resulted in the birth of his only demigod child post-World War II, Perseus "Percy" Jackson. He left Sally Jackson before their son was born, however, and told her to send their child to Camp Half-Blood when he was old enough.

In order to protect his son from his brothers' wrath, Poseidon regularly sent his own agents up to the surface world to check up on him, as well as to protect the Jacksons from supernatural threats. However, after Percy entered puberty, his overall senses were awakened and the Mist's effects started to wane off him, Poseidon had no choice but to order his men back so his son won't be able to detect them.

## Appearance

Poseidon appears as a roguishly handsome man in his 30s, with a large and extremely muscular frame, towering over most of his fellow gods. He has long and wild black hair, a short beard, and striking blue-green eyes that are the reflection of the sea itself. His skin is well-tanned, befitting his image of a "man of the sea", with tattoos covering his entire robust torso.

Like other Elder Olympians, excluding Zeus, he has severe burn marks all over his body, scattered across his back and on his arms and legs, caused by the stomach acid from being sealed within Kronos' stomach for hundreds of years.

### Fashion & Attires

In the modern days, due to his more relaxed personality, his casual attire consisting of a Tommy Bahama shirt with coconuts and parrots all over it, or any other Hawaiian shirt, khaki Bermuda shorts, Birkenstock leather sandals, and a cap decorated with fishing lures which says "Neptune's Lucky Fishing Hat". According to Percy, he looks like a "mob boss desperately tries to look like a fisherman".

During dates or romantic outings with his wife and lovers, he wears a black shirt that is stretched by his large torso, an old leather duster on top of it, dark jeans that hug his muscular legs, and a pair of military boots. More often than not, his long hair is styled into a man bun and he also wears cologne that smells like "the sea at dawn".

His godly attire consisting of magnificent flowing green robes which expose his muscular torso and barely do its job hiding away Poseidon's private parts, with a crown of seashells on his head and multiple gold-and-silver jewelry, such as earrings, necklaces, bracelets, and anklets adorned with shimmering pearls. His hair also becomes longer in this form and gains a greenish tone to it, and greenish-blue fish scales appear across his body, covering his shoulders and part of his torso, his forearms, and his shins.

### Alternate Forms

While staying in Atlantis, Poseidon often takes the form of a colossal merman as high and large as a mountain. His hair becomes longer and stark-white, with seaweeds braided in and a crown made of seashells and live corals adorned his head. His skin turns pale and adopts a bluish-green tint, and his tattoos become a neon-teal color.

His fish tail is a shimmering sea-green and scales of similar color also covered parts of his body. There are also gills on the sides of his large neck and fins on his shoulders and forearms.

## Personality

Poseidon is, overall, a benevolent god, even though he shares many characteristics with Zeus, including pride, stubbornness, and a fearsome anger. Across the supernatural world, he is known for being very volatile and prone to rage. In ancient times, he was known for expressing his displeasure through extreme acts, such as flattening coastal cities with earthquakes or flooding them.

Over the millennia, however, he appears to have matured and mellowed out greatly, to a point where these attributes do not dominate Poseidon to the same extent as they did before, making him much calmer and more reasonable.

Through his son Percy, he appears as a loving and caring father, and although he is heavily restricted by his duties and the ancient laws, he does regularly watch over him, actively giving him advice, and aiding him indirectly. However, this seems to be because Percy is his only son, as Triton mentions how in ancient Greece, he used to treat his demigod children "barely more than familiars".

Just like the sea, he is spontaneous, temperamental, and extremely moody at times. He can become easily depressed when things don't go his way, provided that he doesn't lose his temper and turns extremely destructive first. He can be cruel, spiteful, and vindictive once he is angered, to the point where nothing is considered "too much" when it comes to satisfy his vengeful desires, committing terrible and absolutely inhuman acts in the process.

He has a very particular sense of humor, sometimes making it hard to tell if he is joking or not. He is protective of the people he cares about, always reaching out to make sure they remain safe. According to Athena, despite all of his flaws, she begrudgingly admits that he is not a biased person, never letting his own emotions and opinions cloud his decisions.

## Trivia

* His name "Poseidon" possibly means "lord/husband of Earth".
* Poseidon's attributes include the Trident, fishes, dolphins, horses, and bulls.
* Poseidon's favorite son, mortal or immortal, is Percy Jackson.
* Kronos hates Poseidon because he is "too changeable, and too unpredictable".
* Poseidon and Apollo are the only two Olympian deities who have temporarily been stripped of their immortality and divine powers by Zeus.
* Caligula, a Roman emperor, once declared war on Neptune's kingdom. Once he found he could not attack the sea, he had it whipped.
* According to Hazel Levesque, Poseidon's demigod children take their personalities from his changeable persona. As Sciron is darker and merciless, as a rough and murderous seas, whereas Percy takes his father's kind, soft, and peaceful sea persona.
* In certain regions of Mycenaean Greece, Poseidon was the king of the gods while Zeus wasn't all that of an important god, even though most Greek myths are set in Mycenaean Greece.
* Neptune, the eighth and last official planet from the Sun, is named after Neptune.
* Many military weapons from multiple countries have been named after him. Such examples are the P8 Poseidon, & the "Poseidon" which is a Russian nuclear-armed unmanned underwater vehicle.