myths of ancient Greece and Rome tells the reader the history of gods and heroes.It contains descriptions of the life of the Olympian gods, the Titans, sea gods, Cyclops, nymphs, and other characters such as Hercules, Odysseus, Achilles, Jason, etc.
Pont - doolimpiyskoe ancient Greek deity - god of the sea inland.Pontos (other. Greek) means sea.He was the son of the goddess Gaia, represents the earth and the god of the Ether (air).According to Hesiod, who wrote the "Theogony" Ponta Gaia gave birth without a father.
sea God Poseidon (other. Greek) was considered the god of earthquakes.Poseidon was the brother of Zeus and Hades, and born of Titanides Rhea and Kronos titanium, which is the supreme deities.
Zeus, Hades and Poseidon divided the domination respectively over the sky, the underworld and the seas.God of the sea lived with his wife Amphitrite in a beautiful palace on the seabed.When he swept in a chariot drawn by horses with long, thick mane, and waving a trident, the sea and the storm began crumbling coastal cliff.
According to legend, the sea god Poseidon always challenged the supremacy of Zeus before, participated in a conspiracy against him, for which he was punished by the ministry of the Trojan king Laomedon.King of Troy was a shrewd deceiver.He did not bring the promised sacrifice to Poseidon, god of the sea for which afflicted the city of terrible monsters, devouring people.
Extant ancient Greek sculptures depict the powerful, athletic Poseidon with curly beard and mop of curly hair.In his hand a trident.
ancient Roman god of the sea - Neptune.The images beefy Neptune with a crown on his head holding a trident and identified with Poseidon.It is named after a planet of the solar system - a blue giant.With Neptune associated river and sea holidays.The ships newcomers are initiated into the cabin boy and sailors dipping into a barrel or seawater.Celebrate the day the sea god on July 23.
Travelers, going on a journey, Neptune brought gifts, trying to placate him, that there were no storms and gales.Farmers worshiped Neptune for what he gave rain in the dry hot summer.Built huts made of branches and leaves, in which people leave offerings to God, thus showing that the need for protection from the sun.
In Slavic mythology, the owner of the water is water.He lives in ponds and is considered dangerous for bathers, and drinking water from the wells of people as it can drag them to the bottom.The wife of the king of water becomes a water maiden - Aqueous.
Depicted host water bug-eyed old man with a big belly, green beard and mustache, with a fish tail.
During the summer holidays, water-related character of the gods always accompany characters nymphs and mermaids.
water spirits are called nymphs, naiads, Nereids and Oceanides.Naiad relate to forest and mountain springs, Oceanides - to the ocean, and the Nereids - to the sea.
Mermaids - the mythological creature, usually the spirits of girls drowned or just spirits associated with ponds, waited on Water.
still alive images of mythological gods and spirits in human memory, and to celebrate holidays associated with their names.
