Poseidon was very powerful god. Poseidon’s job was to control the water and earth quakes.  Poseidon is the god of the sea and sea animals. Poseidon can also turn into any animal. Poseidon is the second most powerful  god on mount Olympus. Poseidon’s weapon is a trident (a trident has three points at the end).  Poseidon lives in a plaice under the sea and on mount Olympus. Poseidon is easily angered.

 

One of Poseidon’s  wives was a sea nymph. Poseidon had many wives. Salacia  and Madusa  are also one of Poseidon’s wives. Ops is Poseidon’s mother.  Saturn is Poseidon’s father.  Poseidon had three sons.  One was Triton  Triton is half man and half fish.Poseidon had  two others. One of these was a cyclops his name was Polyphemus.  A cyclops looks kind of like a giant with one eye.   One of the sons was blind. Poseidon’s third son was Otus Madusa was killed by perseus. Posidon’s brothers are Zeus and Hades. Poseidon’s parents were titans.

 

Poseidon’s nickname was Sea God and Earth Shaker.  Poseidon’s symbols are a chariot pulled by four white horses, a bull, and a dolphin. Poseidon is also a name of a ship.

Poseidon wore robes and a crown, with a long white beard and sandals even underwater.

 

One story about him was that he once gave a bull to a king because the king needed help, and the bull later became a minotaur.

The sailors prayed to Poseidon all the time to make it safely across the sea because Poseidon could raise a big storm.  Sometimes he helped the sailors by making the seas calm.