| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Nauplius" | Greek | A son of Poseidon and Amymone, of Argos, the husband of Philyra and a famous navigator, and father of Proetus and Damastor (Apollon. Rhod. i. 136). He is the reputed founder of the town of Nauplia, which derived its name from him. He is also said to have discovered the constellation of the great bear. Greek |
| King name "Nausithous" | Greek | A son of Poseidon with Periboea the daughter of Eurymedon, was the father of Alcinous and Rhexenor, and king of the Phaeacians, whom he led from Hypereia in Thrinacia to the island of Scheria, in order to escape from the Cyclopes. Greek |
| God name "Neleus" | Greek | A son of Cretheus and Tyro, the daughter of Salmoneus. Tyro, previous to her marriage with Neleus, is said to have loved the river-god Enipeus and in the form of Enipeus Poseidon once appeared to her, and became by her the father of Pelias and Neleus. Tyro exposed the two boys, but they were found and reared by horse-herds, and when they had grown up they learned who their mother was, and Pelias killed their foster-mother, who had ill-used Tyro. Greek |
| Planet name "Neptunus" | Italic / Roman | God of irrigation. Identified with the planet Neptune, but thought to have originated as an agricultural deity concerned with watering. He was celebrated in the festival of Neptunalia on July 23. Also the patron deity of horseracing. He became syncretized with the Greek god POSEIDON, but Neptune's modern åśśociation with the sea is a misrepresentation.... |
| Spirit name "Nereides" | Greco - Roman | Animistic spirits of the sea. Female personalities, the best known of whom is AMPHITRITE, åśśigned the guardianship of the oceans by the great gods and invoked by seafarers. Also attendants of the god POSEIDON.... |
| God name "Nethuns" | Etruscan | God of wells and of all water, including the sea. He was the same as the Greek Poseidon and Roman Neptune. Etruscan |
"Otus" | Greek | A son of Poseidon, and Iphimedeia, was one of the Aloeidae. Greek |
"Pegasus" | Greek | The famous winged horse, whose origin is thus related. When Perseus struck off the head of Medusa, with whom Poseidon had had intercourse in the form of a horse or a bird, there sprang forth from her Chrysaor and the horse Pegasus. The latter obtained the name Pegasus because he was believed to have made his appearance near the sources of Oceåñuś. Greek |
"Phaeax" | Greek | A son of Poseidon and Cercyra, from whom the Phaeacians derived their name. |
"Phocus" | Greek | A son of Ornytion of Corinth, or according to others of Poseidon, is said to have been the leader of a colony from Corinth into the territory of Titpéñïśa and Mount Parnåśśus, which derived from him the name of Phocis. He is said to have cured Antiope of her madness, and to have made her his wife. Greek |
| God name "Pitane" | Greek | A daughter of the river god Eurotas, became by Poseidon the mother of Evadne. From her the town of Pitana had its name. Greek |
| Nymph name "Polyphemus" | Greek | 1. The celebrated Cyclops in the island of Thrinacia, was a son of Poseidon, and the nymph Thoosa. |
| Nymph name "Polyphemus or Polypheme" | Greek | The celebrated Cyclops in the island of Thrinacia, was a son of Poseidon, and the nymph Thoosa. |
| God name "Poseidon" | Greek | The god of the Mediterranean sea and he is the god of the fluid element. Greek |
"Proteus" | Greek | The prophetic old man of the sea, occurs in the earliest legends as a subject of Poseidon, and is described as seeing through the whole depth of the sea, and tending the flocks (the seals) of Poseidon. Greek |
"Rhode" | Greek | The oldest of the Oceanides and a daughter of Tethys and Oceåñuś. Later, she was thought of as a daughter of Poseidon and Halia, or Poseidon and Amphitrite. Greek |
| Nymph name "Rhodos" | Greek | A sea-nymph, according to Diodorus, a daughter of Poseidon and Halia, and sometimes called Rhode. The island of Rhodes was believed to have derived its name from her. Greek |
"Salamis" | Greek | A daughter of Asopis, and by Poseidon the mother of Cenchreus or Cychreus. Greek |
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