But other myths claim that he was fathered by Aether (Upper Sky). Poseidon Origin: Greek Meaning: Olympian god of the sea Variations/Synonyms: Neptunus (Latin) or Neptune (Roman) Description: He was first known as the god of freshwater but later changed to the sea god. He uses a ...
Such irregular phenomena will have been shocking events much more awesome than thunder, lightning, and storms, etc.—and yet even these mild and common phenomena were linked to divinities in Indo-European thought, as with Hittite and Nordic weather gods, or the Greek gods Poseidon and Zeus. ...