One of the most famous Roman gods, especially respected and majestic, was Neptune - god of the sea and all kinds of water flows.His citizenship were all the fountains, rivers and lakes, only one his desire, he was able to cause the most devastating earthquake to raise and hide in the depths of the sea the whole island.Before the advent of the kingdom of the sea Neptune owned titanium Ocean, who reluctantly gave his royal scepter, a young and ambitious successor, though I admired his virtues.
personality of the ruler of the seas
As the second son of the father of the gods - Titanium Crown - Titanides and Rhea, he was also the brother of Jupiter, Juno, Ceres, Vesta and Pluto.It was Jupiter, spreading the kingdom among their brethren, ordered Neptune being the only king of the ocean and rule over all the waters of the Earth's surface.However imperious god Neptune was not satisfied with his share and constantly encroach on other people's property.The attempt to overthrow his brother over to Neptune's expulsion from Olympus to Earth and his own judgment to build the walls of Troy.Upon returning failures have left him, and Neptune is defeated in the famous contest with Minerva for the right to name the beautiful city of Athens.His gift to the city - a horse of noble blood, a symbol of war and poverty - they turned out to be less useful than Minerva olive tree - a symbol of wealth, peace and prosperity.Wild nature and irrepressible temperament, possessed god Neptune, his sense of leadership is constantly forced the ruler of the water element is drawn into all kinds of arguments, which are not always successful married.
Life and beloved Neptune
most of his life not lived Neptune on Olympus, and its coral caves, sea kingdom, which ruled fairly strict, sometimes even cruel.Missing one of his words to the sea rose a terrible storm, stroke, so he immediately verse.He easily made furiously roaring waves, returning a minute later the sea calm ripples.Vernon and his wife was the queen of the seas Neptune Amphitrite personifying sunlit sea calm.At first she was afraid of her overbearing boyfriend gracefully and quickly slipping away from him, but then, when he sent a message with a dolphin, inviting her to share with him the throne and become his wife, she agreed.In gratitude to the god Neptune lifted the dolphin at the sky, dedicating his new constellation.His next was the beloved goddess Ceres, and not directly take courtship god of the seas.Transformed into a mare, it is by all means hidden from him, but Neptune was hard to cheat, he followed her in the guise of a horse.The fruit of this love became a beautiful winged horse Arion who could win any jump.The next time the victim was the love of his earthly girl Teofana.Fearing that someone else did not like a young beauty, Neptune turns her into a sheep and a ram in the form of caring for her.Theophan gives birth to a beautiful lamb with golden hair, precisely because of its fleece will go subsequently Jason and his Argonauts.Another love of the king of the seas will be Medusa - even at a time when she was young and beautiful.Roman god and marry her.Then, as with its severed head fall into the sea drops of blood, He made one graceful Pegasus.
Neptune.Pictures
God of the water element was worshiped mainly by people associated with the sea, and those who went to sea travel.Also, he was considered the patron saint of horses and riders.In Greek mythology, it was identified with Poseidon.
Usually god Neptune is depicted as majestic athletic middle-aged man with a trident in his hand, his beard and hair fluttering in the wind, and his head crowned with a wreath of seaweed.He often rushes through the waves in his golden chariot drawn by white horses zlatogrivymi, surrounded by a variety of sea monsters.
great variety of shrines and temples were dedicated to Neptune throughout Italy and Greece.In honor of him, even hosting a sporting competition.Today, the name of the great god is the farthest - the eighth planet of the solar system.
