Deity Greek and Roman
Triton
Τρίτων grc
Greek god, messenger of the sea
- Child of Poseidon, Salacia and Amphitrite
A god is known
by the accounts
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Family
The family of Triton
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 14
Kinship in an account 13
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts · marriage as a legal institution · exclusivity, or a single canonical pairing · shared parentage in every account · descent from the same generation in a single tree
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child of (child) Amphitrite Oceanid or Nereid of Greek mythology -
child of (child) Neptune Roman god of water, particularly the sea, considered equivalent to the Greek Poseidon -
child of (child) Poseidon one of the twelve Olympians presiding over the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses -
child of (child) Salacia Roman goddess of salt water - parent of (father) Calliste (Kalliste) A sea-nymph daughter of Triton who was the goddess of the small island of Calliste.
- parent of (father) Calliste mythological nymph
- parent of (father) Crataeis the mother of Scylla
- parent of (child) Pallas mythical Greek deity, daughter of Triton
- parent of (child) Triteia daughter of Triton in Greek mythology
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partner of Hecate Greek goddess - partner of Tritonis Greek mythical character
- sibling of Benthesikyme daughter of Poseidon and Amphitrite
- sibling of Rhodos Goddess of Rhodes in Greek mythology
Family 1
What this means
A documented human family relationship. Not a succession mechanism, and not religious transmission.
Does not imply a right to an office · transmission of a teaching
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Sources
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11 statements on this record
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