is the god of the sea, storms, and, as "Earth Shaker," of earthquakes in Greek mythology.

The name of the sea god Nethuns Etruscan was adopted in Latin for Neptune (Neptunus) in Roman mythology. The name of the sea god Nethuns Etruscan was adopted in Latin for Neptune (Neptunus) in Roman mythology, both sea gods analogous to Poseidon. The Linear B tablets show that Poseidon was venerated at Pylos and Thebes in Mycenaean Greece in the late Bronze Age, but was integrated into the Olympian gods as the brother of Zeus back and Hades. Poseidon had many children and was protector of many Hellenic cities, although he lost the contest for Athens to Athena. It was dedicated a Homeric hymn. God the marine realm His mastery of the elements of the sea to storms, huge waves. It is also the god who causes earthquakes.