However, even if they are referencing the same god, their depictions are different in several key aspects despite the fact that in art they frequently look very similar. Other differences are also notable. The primary reason that Poseidon and Neptune are considered the same god is because some think that they actually are.
This would be an issue of semantics, and there are many commonalities in both the Greek god and the Roman god mythology to suggest their equivalence.
Both structures had a god of the sea, a god of the sky and a god of the underworld. In Rome, this was Neptune, Jupiter and Pluto. In Greece, it was Poseidon, Zeus and Hades. Much as with their roles as gods, the origin story of Poseidon and Neptune are quite similar. Poseidon was born of the gods Cronus Kronos and Rhea. Cronus ate all of their children at birth until Rhea tricked him into eating a large rock rather than their sixth child, Zeus, which forced him to throw up all of the other children from which the Greek pantheon began to develop.
There is some speculation that only a few gods were brought in by the Greeks, of which Poseidon was not one and initially he appears in the mythology as a horse representing the river spirit of the underworld. This representation is common in norther-European folklore as well.
In a similar myth from Minoa, the goddess Pasiphae mates with a white bull considered the pre-Olympian Poseidon and gives birth to the Minotaur.
In the Mycenae region, there is thought that Poseidon was not originally connected to water or the seas. The origin story that results in Zeus exterminating Cronos and naming the gods to their corresponding realms is upheld by Homer and Hesiod in their writings.
However, it is still unclear whether Poseidon was first worshipped as a horse god or god of the seas. Like Poseidon, Neptune was worshipped as a horse god as well as a god of the seas.
His mythology includes the story in which he creates horses through his affair with Medusa. The Latin population did not have access to a major sea initially, so the god Neptune was the god of fresh water in the beginning. It seems likely that the characteristics for Neptune were adopted from the Greek Poseidon, but combined with the Etruscan god, Nethuns, the god of the gall-bladder. The origins of the name Poseidon are unclear and include two primary theories.
His parents were Cronus and Rhea. His wife was the sea goddess Amphitrite, and their children were Rhode and Triton. Poseidon is often pictured traveling in the water on his chariot and is considered a savior of ships as they cross the oceans. The Greeks believed he had supernatural powers over the sea. He carried a trident that caused earthquakes and tempests when he chose to use it.
He was said to have a bad temper and used floods to exact revenge on those who did not do as he asked. T riton, in Greek mythology, a merman, demigod of the sea; he was the son of the sea god, Poseidon, and his wife, Amphitrite.
Powers and Abilities Immortality: Like any god, Triton is immortal and insensitive to aging. Merman Physiology As a merman, Triton can breathe underwater and has very fast swimming abilities. The largest moon of the planet Neptune has been given the name Triton, as Neptune is the Roman equivalent of Poseidon.
Triton received the trident while Ursula received the magic Nautilus shell. Triton was so broken-hearted by her death that he banned music from Atlantica and forced everyone—even himself—to follow a strict daily schedule. Her death is also a possible reason why he hated humans so bad and as a widower he raises his daughters very overprotectively.
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