Waves in Greek Mythology

Good day dear Hive community, first of all I would like to welcome you all to my contribution and hope you had a day that brought one or the other positive experience into your life and a good start to the new weekend! In this post, I would like to talk a little about Greek mythology and hope you are able to expand your knowledge a little.

Here are some pictures that I already took some time ago and represent waves that are often found in mythology. The best-known god who is associated with water or waves is the god of the seas Poseidon who had the ability to influence and tame the seas and he was able to create strong or weak waves as well as flood disasters without problems. If Poseidon wanted, he could even make entire cities sink with the help of waves and from the foam that the waves flush on land, according to legends, he also created his horses, and also the invulnerable sons of him Aloadae were named after waves. Also interesting is the legend that revolves around the origin of the goddess of love Aphrodite, which once originated from the sea and was washed on land with the help of the waves and the island of Cyprus is also considered her place of birth. The water nymphs were also often associated with waves and liked to play in the waves and had the ability to influence them and they also often played the protectors of seafarers in this context also the Dioscuri Castor and Pollux who were also revered as divine twins were considered protectors of the seafarers and appear in some legends at strong wavelengths to save shipwrecked. The god Oceanus is also often associated with the sea and according to legends he is often located on the waves and in the visual arts this scene is also often depicted and in general waves appear again and again by artists who have been inspired by Greek mythology. Also interesting is the history of the origin of the mineral aquamarine which once slipped out of the most treasure of the mermaids or the nymphs and was washed on land with the help of waves and therefore it is often referred to as a sea stone which comes from the words aqua for water and marinus for sea.

Thank you very much for stopping by and I hope you could learn something new about mythology! I captured these pictures with my Camera Sony Alpha 6000 plus 55-210 mm lens and my iPhone 12!