Poseidon

Protector, Earthshaker, Stormbringer, Lord of the House, Overseer of Ships, Abounding with Waves, Wide-Ruling One, He of Open Seas, He Who Upholds the Foundations...

## Relationships

### Ancestors

Khaos (Progenitor)
Ouranos (Grandfather)
Gaia (Grandmother)

### Parents

Kronos (Father)
Rhea (Mother)

### Siblings

Hestia (Eldest Sister)
Demeter (Older Sister)
Hera (Older Sister)
Hades (Older Brother)
Zeus (Younger Brother)
Chiron (Half-Brother)

### Romances

Amphitrite (Wife)
Sally Jackson, Medusa, Thoosa, Aethra...

### Children

**Immortal Sons**
Triton, Pegasus, Chrysaor, Polyphemus, Orion...
**Immortal Daughters**
Rhodos, Kymopoleia, Benthesikyme. Charybdis...
**Mortal Children**
Percy Jackson, Theseus, Bellerophon, Halirrhothius...

## Personal Status

### Ranking

God-King
Principal God
Transcended One

### Affliations

Atlantica (Overlord)
Mount Olympus
Oceanic Deities
Olympian Deities
Greco-Roman Deities
Greco-Roman Pantheon

### Abilities

**Ethereal Energy*** Water Manipulation
* Ocean Manipulation
* Storm Manipulation
* Marine Manipulation

### Power Scale

**Rank**: B-Ranked
**Class**: Primordial-Class

## Portrayal

### English VA

Jason Momoa

**Poseidon**, also called **Neptune**, is the God of the Sea, Storms, and Earthquakes from Greco-Roman Mythology. As an Elder Olympian, he is the God-King of Atlantica and ruler of all sea monsters in the Greco-Roman cosmos.

## Overview

**Poseidon** 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.

## Appearance

Poseidon appears as a roguishly handsome man, 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 sea-green eyes. His skin is well-tanned, befitting his image of a "man of the sea", with tattoos covering his robust torso.

Like other Elder Olympians, excluding Zeus, he has numerous and severe burn marks scattered across his body, painted on his back and on his stomach, as the result of centuries sealed within Kronos' stomach.

## 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 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" means "lord/husband of Earth".
* His attributes are the trident, fishes, dolphins, horses, and bulls.
* His favorite son, mortal or immortal, is Percy Jackson.
* Kronos hates him because he is "too changeable, and too unpredictable".
* He 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 Poseidon's kingdom. Once he found he could not attack the sea, he had it whipped.
* According to Hazel Levesque, his 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 his Roman name.
* 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.