Poseidon is one of the original Olympian gods out of the six. He is the god of the sea. He is also the god of earthquakes and horses. His parents were Cronus and Rhea; and his siblings were Zeus, Demeter, Hades, Hestia and Hera. Even Homer has referred to Poseidon in his famous epics, Iliad and Odyssey. He was known to shake the world and the seas with his anger and power.
Poseidon traveled the waves in the seas using a chariot drawn by dolphins. Although he was the master of the seas, he was responsible to the king of the gods, Zeus.
In Greek mythology, there are many myths related to Poseidon. Cronus attained the throne by dethroning his father and became the king of the gods. However, it was foretold that Cronus would be dethroned in a similar manner. This made Cronus extremely fearful of this power be usurped. So, he decided to kill all the children that his wife bore. He would swallow them. The same thing happened to Poseidon when he was born -- he was swallowed by Cornus.
However, when Zeus was born, his mother did not show him to Cronus. Instead she hid him on the island of Crete where he attained adulthood. One fine day, after Zeus had grown up, he gave his mother some poison and asked her to give it to Cronus. On drinking the poison, Cronus regurgitated all the children that he had swallowed and thus, Poseidon was born. With the help of Zeus, the children overthrew their father. The Earth was then divided into three parts -- heaven, sea and the Underworld. The heaven was given to Zeus, sea to Poseidon and the Underworld to Hades. In addition, the three siblings also received special weapons, like Zeus had the thunderbolt, Poseidon the trident and Hades the helmet.
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