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Triton, Herald of the Sea
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I needed to share this and I couldn't find a better place to do it. I don't normally see anything for people whose patron is Triton so after some searching and learning, I wanted to put this down for anyone who also feels called by him.

Triton is the merman son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, the god of the sea and a sea nymph. Much like Hermes, he is the messenger of the sea. A patron to sailors, he can calm and raise the tides with a blow of his conch horn.

He, with asea nymph, had two daughters: Pallas and Triteia. After Athena was born, Triton raised her in place of Zeus. Pallas and her foster sister grew close (some say they became lovers), and Triton trained both of them in the art of combat.

When they grew old enough, the gods arranged a mock-battle between Pallas and Athena. The two fought long and hard and a victor was unsure. Zeus, worried his daughter would lose, displayed his shield Aegeus to Pallas, who had always been curious about it. Dazed by awe, Pallas froze when Athena expected her to dodge, and then was killed by her best friend (or girlfriend)'s hand.

In regret and anguish, Athena erected the Palladium in honor of her and took her name as her own, so calling herself Pallas Athena.

In my opinion, this is where the hatred between Poseidon and Athena began. Poseidon sat and watched as his granddaughter was needlessly slain by Zeus' intervention. Unable to blame the King of the Gods, Poseidon turned his wrath against Athena herself ever since, always vengeful for the blood of Pallas.

Triton, however, couldn't bring himself to be angry with Athena, his own foster daughter. Instead, he mourned the loss of his child. His other daughter, Triteia, went to the land and became a devout priestess of Athena.

When the Troy fell to the Greeks, Cassandra, the prophetess cursed by Apollo, sought shelter with the Palladium. Ajax the lesser found her, tore her away from the statue, and had his way with her. Angered by the sacrilege, both Poseidon and Athena struck him down. I believe this supports the idea that it was Pallas that made their rivalry begin, as well as how Pallas stands as a common ground between them.

There isn't much recorded of any cult or following of Triton. There isn't much said about his patronage either. I believe he's more than the God of sailors and the tides. He's the God of fathers who needlessly lost their daughters, of daughters who fight to survive. He's the God of the lost and desperate. He's theGod of music and communication.

I hope this helps someone who also feels called by Triton, or merfolk in general. It's a story that's hidden in a variety of myths and legends that I've had to piece together.

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Adding because I forgot: Triteia had a son with Ares,Melanippus, who went on and founded the city of Tritaia, in honor of his mother.

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Athena didn't loved Pallas and Pallas had a wife named Styx and there are many versions in which some say Pallas was son of a titan God so it and married to Styx having four Children and been slain in a competition but it was Clear that Athen grew as an Adult during her birth and she had already mastered her arts and didn't needed to be thought and she would usually be at olympus or her temple so observing her devotees and many things about Triton aren't written like he was also a Sailor and he had three wives and so on I guess it's a subject that is not clear some versions make sense while some Don't
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Infinito, it sounds like you're mixing up Pallas, daughter of Triton and Pallas, son of the titan Crius. Pallas (male) is the consort of Styx, and OP's post is about Pallas (female). These are not different versions of mythology; these are two entirely separate entities.

There are lots of repeated names in Greek mythology among minor characters. For example, I was researching swan mythology a few days ago and found about 5 different men called "Cycnus" within Greek mythos. A son of Ares who was killed by Heracles, a son of Apollo who was basically Narcissus 2.0 and threw himself off a cliff, a king who mourned Phaethon's death as his lover, and Cycnus the son of Poseidon.

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Read it carefully young one it's about Pallas who fought and died in the competition with Athena who was male
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Maybe you should read this webpage:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallas_(daughter_of_Triton)

And this page from Theoi.com:https://www.theoi.com/Nymphe/NymphePallas.html

The male Pallas, the Titan who married Styx, was killed by Athena, so I think that's where your confusion is coming from. However, it is very clear from these sources that the Pallas killed by Zeus distracting them was the female Pallas, both in that only accounts talking about female Pallas mention this trickery, AND the fact that no sources on male Pallas talk of Zeus interfering with his death.

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Also please do not call me "young one". You do not know my age, and my being young does not automatically mean I am wrong.

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As he said up Pallas died in the competition so the one who I know was the God of Warcraft Pallas that's why I said and as I Know Athena didn't had relationship with Pallas and she was more like born fully with knowledge that's what I meant .
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I understand it can be confusing when mythology has more than one person with the same name; I've learned to lookup the name whenever someone presents me with mythology I don't recognize, especially if they've changed the person's gender, family, etc.

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As said
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