Monday, September 27, 2010

Triton - Mermaid man



Triton is mythological Greek God,offspring of Poseidon and Amphitrite,the messenger of the sea.He was represented as half man,half fish with two tails.He had shells on his shouders,and horn in shape of a sea-shell with wich he commanded the sea waves to rise or to calm.Books often describe that he lived in golden palace in depths of sea with his parents.Often he was described riding horses or some sea monsters on the surface of the sea.He was carrying a trident like his father Poseidon and was foster parent to the goddess Athena.