| Poseidon is one of the original Olympian gods out | | | | his wife bore. He would swallow them. The same |
| of the six. He is the god of the sea. He is also the | | | | thing happened to Poseidon when he was born -- |
| god of earthquakes and horses. His parents were | | | | he was swallowed by Cornus. |
| Cronus and Rhea; and his siblings were Zeus, | | | | However, when Zeus was born, his mother did |
| Demeter, Hades, Hestia and Hera. Even Homer | | | | not show him to Cronus. Instead she hid him on |
| has referred to Poseidon in his famous epics, Iliad | | | | the island of Crete where he attained adulthood. |
| and Odyssey. He was known to shake the world | | | | One fine day, after Zeus had grown up, he gave |
| and the seas with his anger and power. | | | | his mother some poison and asked her to give it |
| Poseidon traveled the waves in the seas using a | | | | to Cronus. On drinking the poison, Cronus |
| chariot drawn by dolphins. Although he was the | | | | regurgitated all the children that he had swallowed |
| master of the seas, he was responsible to the | | | | and thus, Poseidon was born. With the help of |
| king of the gods, Zeus. | | | | Zeus, the children overthrew their father. The |
| In Greek mythology, there are many myths | | | | Earth was then divided into three parts -- heaven, |
| related to Poseidon. Cronus attained the throne by | | | | sea and the Underworld. The heaven was given |
| dethroning his father and became the king of the | | | | to Zeus, sea to Poseidon and the Underworld to |
| gods. However, it was foretold that Cronus would | | | | Hades. In addition, the three siblings also received |
| be dethroned in a similar manner. This made | | | | special weapons, like Zeus had the thunderbolt, |
| Cronus extremely fearful of this power be | | | | Poseidon the trident and Hades the helmet. |
| usurped. So, he decided to kill all the children that | | | | |