Saturn was the father of Neptune, Pluto, and Jupiter. His mother was Ops, the earth mother. He also had three sisters: Vesta, Juno , and Ceres.
It was his mother, Ops, who saved her kids by tricking Saturn into swallowing a stone. In his attempt to get rid of the stone from his belly, the children were released. They then turned on their father and teamed up to defeat him. After Saturn was defeated, the three brothers divided control of the world among themselves. Jupiter took control of the sky.
Pluto became ruler of the underworld. And Neptune became the god of the sea. Neptune is known for his violent nature and temperament. There are many stories that depict him as being difficult and somewhat vindictive. His behavior is said to reflect the unpredictable nature of the sea. According to one tale, it was his unpredictable nature that caused Neptune to make an attempt to overthrow his brother Jupiter and become ruler of the underworld.
However, he failed in his attempt to accomplish this task. At the time, there was very little understanding of what really caused earthquakes.
And the ancient Romans thought they came from the sea, but had no scientific knowledge of things like plates and shifting of the earth. Since Neptune was the god the sea, it was thought that an earthquake occurred when he became angry.
According to some stories about the Roman god Neptune, he had a wife named Salacia. Little is known about her. In ancient Italian mythology, she may have been the goddess of salt water. Neptune had three children with Salacia. The most well-known of three was Triton. Like his father, he is depicted carrying a trident three-pronged staff. Because of these relationships, he had many other sons and daughters other than the three children he had with his wife. The most notable of these children are Pegasus and Atlas.
She is the woman most-often considered to be his wife rather than Salacia. According to one story about this relationship, Neptune saw Amphitrite, a water nymph, dancing on the island of Naxos. He was captivated by her beauty and instantly fell in love and asked her to marry him.
Neptune and Salacia had three children together, Benthesicyme, the nymph of the waves, Rhodes, the namesake of the island, and Triton the infamous merman and fabled father and leader of mermaids, and triton merman. Once they were actually married, the sea god went back to his usual ways and had numerous affairs with other goddesses, nymphs and mortals.
Medusa was originally an exceptionally beautiful young woman with gorgeous, flowing, blond hair. She was desired by many but before she had a chance to choose a suitor for marriage, the lascivious Neptune found her worshipping in the temple of Minerva goddess of wisdom and raped her. The sea god is most commonly depicted as a bearded man holding a trident and riding a sea shell chariot drawn by sea-horses.
The cross at the lower end of the trident symbol stands for the root of things, the essence of nature. The three prongs can be interpreted to have various meanings including birth, life and death, or mind, body and spirit. The trident also represented his ability to control the waters. It was originally created by the Cyclopes before the war between the Olympians and Titans. Also representing the sea god is the horse, as it was believed that he created the very first one.
The horses pulling his sea shell chariot are called Hippocamps. He is often shown surrounded by dolphin, fish, whales and other sea creatures. The bull remains a symbol of Neptune and a nod to his counterpart, Poseidon of Greece. This is reminiscent of the myth of the Cretan bull, father of the magical creature the Minotaur.
When Poseidon sent a pure white bull to the King of Crete as a sign, it was meant to be subsequently sacrificed in the honor of the god of the sea.
Furious at this outrage, the love goddess was called upon by Poseidon to put a spell on the queen, who fell in love with the white bull and bore the Minotaur child. Neptune was honored with two temples in Rome. The first was located near the Circus Flaminius, the horse racetrack. The second temple, the Basilica of Neptune near the site of the Roman Pantheon, was built by the statesman Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa to celebrate his naval victories. Neptunalia was a festival held in honor of Neptune on July 23 rd each year.
In the midst of the dry, hot season, the Romans sought the protection of their irrigated waters. Bulls were sacrificed to Neptune and little huts were built to provide shade for the people to picnic under. The characteristics and role of Neptune are mostly congruent with his Greek counterpart and predecessor Poseidon. However, in Western culture, Neptune is the mythological deity most commonly related to all things pertaining to the waters.
The god of the seas is the subject of many works of art and statues in Italy and throughout the world. Many replicate the Fountains of Neptune in Florence located in front of the Palazzo Vecchio, town hall or the fountains in Rome or Bologna.
Neptune was the name given to the eighth planet from the sun, discovered in Shortly after the discovery of the planet, its largest moon was also observed and was named for his son, Triton.
Krabs, who does not believe it is her and insults her. After he hangs up, Amphitrite responds by zapping Mr. Krabs while still on the phone and appears at the restaurant, as he realizes it was really her and agrees to her request.
She tries all she can to cheer King Neptune up for his birthday. She knows their son, Triton, is very un-kingly and tries to be a normal boy, and that worries her since they are gods. She seems to have a negative attitude towards Mr. Krabs and continually zaps and scolds him. She appears happy reunited with Triton at the end of Neptune's birthday party. She loves her husband very much. She kindly waves goodbye to the Bikini Bottomites in the end. She is shown eating a Krabby Patty with Neptune and his guests.
King Neptune tells her a story about him and the Greek god Zeus. She laughs at it but then stops and gasps when she sees two Krakens approach. She digs into the sand and buries herself while Neptune tries to fight them. Encyclopedia SpongeBobia Explore.
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