>hmm. that sounds right... but i heard it was Neptune.! Are neptune >and poseidon the same dude?? Just surprised me it was a seashore god >and a horse is a land animal.... but cool anyway!
Poseidon is a Greek god, Neptune a Roman one. Like Poseidon, Neptune was also worshipped by the Romans as a horse god, under the name Neptune Equester, patron of horse-racing. Worship of Poseidon involved the sacrificial drowning of horses, as he drives an undersea chariot pulled by horses. He was father of the flying horse Pegasus (out of the gorgon Medusa), and is said to have given the first horses to Athens. Neptune, according to the Romans, invented horses. Mic Mic (Michelle) Rushen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Solva Icelandic Horses and DeMeulenkamp Sweet Itch Rugs: www.solva-icelandics.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes"
