Book of Tides

Amphitrite Goddess of the Sea, Fish and Shellfish

☆Amphitrite is Goddess of the Sea, Fish and Shellfish
☆Roman name: Salacia which means the salty one
☆Wife of Poseidon
☆Eldest of the 50 Nereides
☆The loud moaning mother of fish, seals and dolphins
☆At first she fled Poseidon's ask for marriage and hid near Atlas in the ocean stream at the far ends of the earth
☆Dolphin God Delphin tracked her down and persuaded her to return and marry Poseidon
☆Derived from Greek word meaning "the surrounding 3rd"
☆Son Triton was derived from meaning "the third"
☆Parents: Neureus and Thetis
☆Home: The Aegean Sea
☆Symbols: fish, dolphin
☆Retinue: Nereids, tritons
☆Children: Triton, Rhode, seals, dolphin
☆Her name is used as a mere representation of the sea
☆Poseidon chose her from among her sisters as they preformed a dance on the isle of Naxos
☆In art she's represented either as enthroned beside Poseidon or driving with him in a chariot drawn by sea horses and other fabulous sea creatures
☆Shape-shift into sea creatures and mermaids