U-Poseidon ungunkulunkulu wolwandle waseGrisi lasendulo. Ukubonakala kwakhe kwiintlobo ezininzi kufana noZeus, ngoko ke uyindoda engathandabuyo eneentambo ezinkulu kunye neendvuvu. U-Poseidon unyana kaKronos noRhea. Abanqwelisi, abalobi kunye nabathengisi babhekisela kuye ukuze abanike ngolwandle oluzolile. Njengexhoba, baphosa amaxabiso ahlukeneyo kunye namahashe angena emanzini. Kwizandla zikaPoseidon, i-trident, apho ibangela isivunguvungu kwaye idibanise ulwandle. Izilwanyana ezintathu zifanekisela isikhundla soothixo wolwandle phakathi kwabazalwana bakhe, oko kukuthi, babhekiselele ukuxhamla phakathi kwexesha elidlulileyo nelizayo. Yingakho iPoseidon ithathwa njengomlawuli welikhoyo.
Yintoni eyaziwayo ngonkulunkulu wolwandle eGrisi?
U-Poseidon wayenamandla okubangela isiphepho, inyikima, kodwa ngelo xesha ayenakho nganoma yimuphi umzuzwana uhlalise amanzi. Abantu babesaba lo othixo, kwaye bonke ngenxa yobundlobongela obugqithiseleyo nokuphindezela. Wathutha iPoseidon ulwandle ngeenqwelo zakhe zegolide ezityekwe ngamahashe amhlophe ngeempahla zegolide. Ujikeleze unqulo lwamaGrike olwandle lwamaGrike ahlukahlukeneyo. Izilwanyana ezingcwele zale thixo yinkomo nehashe.
Xa uPoseidon, uZeus kunye neHadesi babelana ngehlabathi phakathi kwabo, usebenzisa amaqashiso, wafumana ulwandle. Apho waqala ukuzimisela umyalelo wakhe waza wakha ihashe elwandle. Loo unkulunkulu wayenemveli eyahlukeneyo eyayikhokelela ekuzalweni kwabanye oothixo. Kwezinye iimeko u-Poseidon wabonisa iimpawu ezintle, wayethambile kwaye ebekezela. Umzekelo ibali, xa enika amandla kuDioscuri ukunceda abo basemagqabini, abanqanawa zabo zawela elwandle.
Eyona nto inomdla ngayo inkolelo-mbono malunga nokubonakala komfazi wonkulunkulu wezilwandle zasePoseidon. Emva kokuthandana no-Amfitrite, kodwa wayethusa nguthixo onothusayo waza wacela ukukhuselwa kwi-titan ye-Atlas. Fumana i-Poseidon ayikwazanga, kodwa yamnceda i dolphin, eyayifaka intombazana kunyana wolwandle ukusuka kwicala elilungileyo kakhulu. Ngenxa yoko, batshatile, baqala ukuhlala ndawonye phantsi kwe-elwandle kwibhotwe.