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Contents 1 misc. 2 Neptune (mythology) 3 "Distribution mother" 4 disambiguation 5 His "sister" Demeter 6 Dividing up the universe 7 Protection

[edit] misc.

Could you please explain what do you mean by : Poseidon , ("husband") ?? Does it mean that "husband" is the translation of the ancient greek name "POTEDAN" ? However, i would be very interested in how you got this meaning out of the gods´ name. thnx (anon.) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 80.142.167.190 (talk • contribs) .

New Person: Posis (the -is the fusional inflection part) is ancient Greek for husband. Gaia is more commonly just gā in ancient Greek which must somehow then be related to Dā). Also "seischthwn" is spelled "Seisichthwn" with two i's according to my lexicons. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 140.180.150.91 (talk • contribs) .

I don't speak ancient Greek, but I was taught in a mythology class that "Poseidon" means "husband of Da/De", Da/De being another name for Gaea and the derivation of De-meter. -- Zoe

That isn't terribly likely, according to comparative linguistics. The most plausible theory is the one given in the text. ~~~~ 02:15, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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why is the claim of herodotus that, poseidon is a berber god from origin ,is delited ?Aziri 11:47, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Its a good claim, but if true, it wouldn't be easy to identify, as the name would likely have changed. Poseidon appears to be originally a descriptive title rather than his name as such, and much of Poseidon's original nature was lost by his conversion into a sea god, so it is difficult to extract the originals. Also, it isn't very clear why Berber gods would have been adopted into Greek mythology at such an early point. ~~~~ 02:15, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Didn't belong in the front-matter. Try putting it under ==Prehistory==. Bacchiad 22:03, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Anything Herodotus says about the origin of Poseidon is worth putting in the article. --Wetman 23:19, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

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Arion links to a poet, not a horse- Create a stub article for the horse. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.225.142.197 (talk • contribs) .

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Why is the Posiedon page not open for editing from new users? What if some college proffesor who MAJORS in this kind of stuff has just made an account and he finds a lot of incorrect information on the page? Is there anything that he can actually do? -Athos64

[edit] Neptune (mythology)

The "Neptune" link here is to the page for the planet; there seems to be no entry for the Roman god. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.122.198.80 (talk • contribs) .

An excellent idea! Neptune (mythology) now awaits. --Wetman 01:40, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Distribution mother"

Why is this unusual connection, so prominently displayed here and from here throughout the Web, offered without any source? Who is making this "distribution-mother" connection? Can we add something to a "References" section covering this? --Wetman 23:19, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Your Neptune (mythology) is waiting at the curb, sir! Here are the keys!--Wetman 01:51, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] disambiguation

since neptune redirects here, I included the Neptune disambiguation page at the top as well as the poseidon one.--Jackyd101 05:56, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

I can't believe these two seperate gods are treated as one on this psychopedia. They have different origins as anyone passed high school can see. For example this merger actually hinders anyone to contribute information about the etymology of the name Neptune (often considered to be from Indo-European *nepōts "nephew") when the title up top says Poseidon (whose etymology and religious origins are quite different).

Plus, there's the simple logistics of this: Average people intending to click on Neptune get a big surprise when they keep on ending up in Poseidon. ??? I just don't understand why this merger was agreed upon and it will only lead to further confusion and misinformation about this subject.

The Interpretatio graeca is not a real construct. It was invented by early peoples to find greater meaning in foreign religions. Just because Neptune and Poseidon were associated together doesn't mean that they should be considered equivalent on Wikipedia. If we follow this perverted trend to its extreme, we may as well merge Ra with Apollo and start speaking about all ancient religions solely through the narrow perspective of the Ancient Greeks! --Glengordon01 03:22, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

I agree, but of course, the way to solve this conundrum is to create a Neptune article. There isn't much about Neptune on this page, but I will start an article with what exists, and I hope you add what you know. Lesgles (talk) 01:30, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] His "sister" Demeter

I deleted this aspect of Olympian Poseidon, which is not relevant to this archaic fragment of myth, not any more than his later role as sea-god would have been here. I hope everyone understands that jumbling together all the aspects of a Greek god over a thousand-year career results in the pot-pourri presentation of a Thomas Bulfinch. --Wetman 11:20, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dividing up the universe

The article claims, quite confidently, that Posiedon recieved the sea, Hades the underworld, and Zeus both the sky and the earth. That last part isn't really very consistent with most roots of the myth. In Homeric myth (the Illiad in particular) it states that Posiedon recieved the sea, Hades the underworld, Zeus the sky, and Olympus and the Earth remained common, neutral ground for all the gods. Similarly in Homeric myth, Posiedon is not just attributed with the sea, but horses and earthquakes aswell (Poseidon being most commonly reffered to as "the earth shaker"), both of which are thoroughly landed. I'm not claiming that Poseidon was the god of the earth as opposed to Zeus, neccesarily (the different gods no doubt represented different things to different people at different times); just that it's ambiguos enough that it shouldn't be int he article. I'll leave this up here for debate for a while before i make any moves to change it 82.69.37.32 22:21, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Protection

Is there any way we can get this page protected from edits by anon users? The vandalism is getting a little out of control. --Maelnuneb (Talk) 16:26, 12 October 2006 (UTC)