Poseidon (/pəˈsaɪdən, pɒ-, poʊ-/;[1] Greek: Ποσειδῶν, pronounced [poseːdɔ̂ːn]) was one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and myth, god of the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses.[2] In pre-Olympian Bronze Age Greece, he was venerated as a chief deity at Pylos and Thebes.[2] He had also the cult title "earth shaker". In the myths of isolated Arcadia he is related with Demeter and Persephone and he was venerated as a horse, however it seems that he was originally a god of the waters.[3] He is often regarded as the tamer or father of horses,[2] and with a strike of his trident, he created springs which are related with the word horse.[4] His Roman equivalent is Neptune.
Poseidon was protector of seafarers, and of many Hellenic cities and colonies. Homer and Hesiod suggest that Poseidon became lord of the sea following the defeat of his father Cronus, when the world was divided by lot among his three sons; Zeus was given the sky, Hades the underworld, and Poseidon the sea, with the Earth and Mount Olympus belonging to all three.[2][5] In Homer's Iliad, Poseidon supports the Greeks against the Trojans during the Trojan War and in the Odyssey, during the sea-voyage from Troy back home to Ithaca, the Greek hero Odysseus provokes Poseidon's fury by blinding his son, the Cyclops Polyphemus, resulting in Poseidon punishing him with storms, the complete loss of his ship and companions, and a ten-year delay. Poseidon is also the subject of a Homeric hymn. In Plato's Timaeus and Critias, the legendary island of Atlantis was Poseidon's domain.[6][7][8]
Athena became the patron goddess of the city of Athens after a competition with Poseidon, and he remained on the Acropolis in the form of his surrogate, Erechtheus. After the fight, Poseidon sent a monstrous flood to the Attic Plain, to punish the Athenians for not choosing him.[9]
| Poseidon | |
|---|---|
God of the sea, storms, earthquakes, horses | |
| Member of the Twelve Olympians | |
 Poseidon from Milos, 2nd century BC (National Archaeological Museum of Athens) | |
| Abode | Mount Olympus, or the Sea |
| Symbol | Trident, fish, dolphin, horse, bull |
| Personal information | |
| Parents | Cronus and Rhea |
| Siblings | Hades, Demeter, Hestia, Hera, Zeus, Chiron |
| Consort | Amphitrite, Aphrodite, Demeter, various others |
| Children | Theseus Triton Polyphemus Orion Belus Agenor Neleus Atlas (the first king of Atlantis) Pegasus Chrysaor Cymopolea |
| Roman equivalent | Neptune |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poseidon
The Spafaryev Islands, or Spafaryev Island (Остров Спарафьева; Ostrov Spafar’yeva), a relatively large double island, are located in the Sea of Okhotsk. It was formerly known as Korovi Island.[1] It lies 7 km east of the Antamlan Peninsula (also known as Khmitevsky), the southernmost peninsula enclosing the Taui Bay(Тауйская губа; Tauyskaya Guba) from its western side.
Administratively these islands belong to the Magadan Oblast of the Russian Federation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spafaryev_Islands
Talon or talons may refer to:
Science and technology[edit]
- Talon (anatomy), the claw of a bird of prey
- Brodifacoum, a rodenticide, also known as the brand Talon
- TALON (database), a database maintained by the US Air Force
- Talon, an anti-vehicle-ramming spike strip-like net
Entertainment and media[edit]
- Talon, the newspaper of Los Altos High School, US
- Talon (cards), in some card games, the remainder of a deck of cards
- Talon, a novel by Julie Kagawa
- Talon (Smallville), a fictional coffee shop in the TV series
- Talon (roller coaster), an inverted roller coaster
Fictional characters[edit]
- Talon (DC Comics), DC Comics
- Talons, assassins of the Court of Owls in the DC universe
- Talon (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics superhero
- Talon (Static Shock)
- Talon (Transformers)
- Talon, in The Legend of Zelda series
- Talon Karrde, in Star Wars
- Talon Maza, a character in the television series Gargoyles
- Talon Labarthe, in Ratatouille
- Achille Talon, comic book series and character
- Darth Talon, in Star Wars
- Talon of the Silver Hawk or Talwin Hawkins in Conclave of Shadows
- Talon, in the Dark-Hunter series
- X-23 or Talon, in Marvel Comics
- Talon, the Blade's Shadow, a playable champion character in the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends
- Talon, in the Prey video game
- Talon, in the video game Primal Rage
- Talon, a member of the Sackett family in various works by Louis L'Amour
- Talon, a dog in the film Snow Buddies
- Talon, in the TV series Inspector Gadget
Other fictional entities[edit]
- Talon light fighter in Wing Commander
- F/A-37 Talon, an aircraft in the 2005 film Stealth
- A terrorist group in the lore of Overwatch
Music[edit]
- Talon, a French term for the bow frog of a string instrument
- "Talons" (song), a song on the Bloc Party album Intimacy
- Talons (band), a British band
Transportation[edit]
Ground[edit]
- Eagle Talon, an automobile produced by the Eagle division of Chrysler
- Foster-Miller TALON, a US military unmanned ground vehicle
- Talon MHS-II, a car built for the Can-Am series and used briefly in 1977
Aviation[edit]
- Lockheed MC-130 Combat Talon, a variant of the C-130 aircraft operated by the U.S. Air Force
- Northrop T-38 Talon, a US-built supersonic jet trainer for military pilots
- RotorWay A600 Talon, an American helicopter design
- Wills Wing Talon, an American hang glider design
Other uses[edit]
- Talon (actor) (born 1969), in the adult entertainment industry
- Talon (surname)
- Talon (bearer bond), a document attached to a bearer bond which entitled the holder to a block of further coupons
- Talon (rural locality), in Russia
- Talon, Nièvre, a commune in France
- Talon Zipper, US zipper company
- San Antonio Talons, San Antonio, Texas's arena football team, formerly the Tulsa Talons
- The mascot of the Major League Soccer team D.C. United
- Another name for Ogee moulding in woodworking
See also[edit]
- Operation Talon (disambiguation), the codename of several military or police operations
- All pages with titles containing Talon
- Tallon (disambiguation)
- Talion (disambiguation)
- Talen (disambiguation)
- Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia
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