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Mythology: Gods, Monsters, and Hero’s By David Huynh, Robert Varner and Sammy Villarreal Period 5 th Ms. Thomas
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Poseidon Lineage: -Parents: Cronus and Rhea -Spouse: Amphitrite -Siblings: Zeus and Hades Symbol: -Poseidon was always shown carrying his trident, a three-pronged spear. He used it to destroy what ever he wanted. -Poseidon also gave man the first horse, and he was honored for it. Powers -Poseidon was the lord and ruler of the Mediterranean sea, the Friendly sea(the Euxine, now the Black sea), and underground rivers. He commanded storms and surges of the sea.
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Polyphemus Lineage: Parents: His father was Poseidon, God of the Sea. Powers: Since he was so big, he is super strong. Weakness: He was not that bright. Important Events: Polyphemus captured Odysseus and his crew. Then later on was tricked and blinded by Odysseus.
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Tethys Lineage: Tethys is the sister and wife of Oceanus. She is known as the mother of the Nile river. Symbol: Tethys is represented of the “Mother of Rivers”. River like the Nile, and the Alpheus River. Powers: Tethys didn’t really have powers she was just a embodiment of the sea Weaknesses: Tethys really didn’t have a weakness, like referred to before, she is just a embodiments of water
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Ocean Lineage: Ocean is a divine god personified as a enormous river circling the sea. Powers: Oceanus is a titan with the ability to control rivers, lakes, ponds etc. he also had the ability to control the rising and setting of the sun. Weaknesses: Oceanus really didn’t have a weakness except his wife, Tethys. Identification: Oceanus can be identified by the Atlantic Ocean. Created: Oceanus was the Titan god or Protogenos (primeval deity) of the great earth-encircling river Okeanos, the font of all the earth’s freshwater. Source: http:/www.theoi.com/Titan/TitanOkeanos.html
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The Sirens Lineage: There were three Sirens: Clotho, the Spinner, who spun the thread of life; Lachesis, the Disposer of Lots, who assigned to each man his destiny; Astropos, she who could not be turned, who carried “the abhorred shears” and cut the thread at death. Symbol: dangerous temptation, enchanting yet fatal voice that could kill oneself with it’s loveliness Weakness: Drowning out their lovely fatal voices stopped the Sirens to catch a victim for death. Powers: The Sirens had enchanting voices and their singing lured sailors to their death. Identification: It was not known what they looked like, for no one who saw them ever returned.
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