希腊神话中的海神

Nerk Pirtz 04-08-2023
Nerk Pirtz

希腊神话中的海神

古希腊的海神

水当然是生命之源,因此在希腊神话中出现水神也就不足为奇了。 但令人惊讶的也许是水神的数量之多。 每条河流、湖泊、喷泉和泉水都有一个与之相关的小神,而广阔的大海也有主神和小神。

以下是希腊神话中较为重要的六位海神。

庞图斯--希腊原始海神

庞图斯是赫西俄德的 原生动物 庞图斯是宇宙的长生神,他从盖亚(地球)中诞生,没有父亲。 不过,庞图斯可以被视为所有海洋生物之父,因为后来的海神都是从他那里衍生出来的。 通过与 盖娅 庞图斯的后代包括:尼琉斯(Nereus,见下文)、陶马斯(Thaumas,海洋奇迹之神)、弗西斯(Phorcys,见下文)、塞托(Ceto,大型海洋生物女神)和欧瑞比亚(Eurybia,掌管海洋的女神)。

庞图斯 主要与地中海有关。

尼厄鲁斯--原始的海洋老人

尼厄鲁斯是最初的 "海老人",也是与鱼类丰饶最密切相关的海神。 这位海神拥有随意改变形状的能力,但这并没有阻止赫拉克勒斯捕获鱼类。 尼厄鲁斯 当英雄需要从神那里获得信息时。

尼厄鲁斯是庞图斯和盖亚的长子,他与妻子多丽丝(Oceanid Doris)共同孕育了人类。 尼厄丽德人 海仙女

See_also: 希腊神话中的河马

尼厄鲁斯与爱琴海有着密切的联系,人们认为神住在海面下的宫殿里。

福尔西斯--希腊神话中隐藏在海洋中的危险之神

弗西斯是庞图斯的另一个儿子。 盖娅 他是海神,通常与开阔水域的危险有关。

福尔西斯与海神塞托结婚,塞托是与海洋中的大型生物有关的女神。 福尔西斯和塞托成为希腊神话中著名人物的父母,包括希拉、戈尔贡、格拉埃和拉东。

奥西娜斯 - 泰坦水神

奥西娜斯是泰坦神,是乌拉诺斯和盖亚的儿子之一,尽管他与我们今天所认为的大西洋有关,但严格说来,他也许并不是海神。 因为在古代,奥西娜斯被认为是一条环绕整个地球的河流,这条河流存在于地中海和直布罗陀海峡之外。

因此,人们认为海洋之神是世界上所有淡水的源头。

See_also: 希腊神话中的吉里昂

波塞冬--奥林匹亚时代的海神

如今,波塞冬是希腊万神殿中最著名的海神,随着奥林匹亚诸神的出现,他将取代之前的诸神。

在希腊神话中,继泰坦尼克号之后,波塞冬被赋予了地球水域的统治权,尽管在某种程度上,波塞冬主要与地中海有关,而海洋之神(Oceanus)仍然被认为是未知的水域。 波塞冬还与马和地震有关。

波塞冬在神话故事中出现的次数比任何其他海神都多,当然,他在荷马史诗《海神》中扮演的角色也引人注目。 奥德赛 .

波塞冬的海上旅行 - 伊万-康斯坦丁诺维奇-艾瓦佐夫斯基(1817-1900 年) - PD-art-100

海卫一--海洋使者

特莱顿是波塞冬和安菲特里忒的儿子,是父亲的信使。 海卫一 因此,这位海神与人鱼有着密切的联系。

特莱顿拥有三叉戟,但海神还拥有一个海螺壳(海蜗牛壳),吹破海螺壳,就能激起狂暴的海浪,或使其平静。

Nerk Pirtz

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