Greek mythology
Triton
Merman herald whose conch stills or rouses the waves
- Mythology
- Greek mythology
- Parents
- Poseidon · Amphitrite
- Group
- Divine
- Appears in
- Birth of the Cosmos
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Triton is the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, a merman with a fish's tail and a man's torso. He sounds his twisted conch-shell trumpet to raise the waves or calm them at his father's will. Dwelling in a golden palace beneath the sea, he guides lost sailors and the Argonauts toward open water.
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- Who is Triton?
- Triton is the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, a merman with a fish's tail and a man's torso. He sounds his twisted conch-shell trumpet to raise the waves or calm them at his father's will. Dwelling in a golden palace beneath the sea, he guides lost sailors and the Argonauts toward open water.
- Which mythology does Triton belong to?
- Triton belongs to Greek mythology.
- Which stories does Triton appear in?
- Triton appears in Birth of the Cosmos, told as chaptered audio dramas in MythologyNow.
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