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Neptuno (ship)
''Neptuno'' may refer to a number of ships named for Neptune (mythology), Neptune, the god of freshwater and the sea in Roman mythology. *Spanish ship Neptuno, Spanish ship ''Neptuno'', a number of ships of the Spanish Navy * (1944), a Portuguese submarine, formerly HMS ''Spearhead'' *Neptuno (ship, 2015), ''Neptuno'' (2015), a semi-submersible accommodation vessel See also * Neptun (other)#Ships, Neptun (ship) * Neptune (ship) References {{Shipindex Ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neptune (mythology)
Neptune ( la, Neptūnus ) is the god of freshwater and the sea in Roman religion. He is the counterpart of the Greek god Poseidon.''Larousse Desk Reference Encyclopedia'', The Book People, Haydock, 1995, p. 215. In the Greek tradition, he is a brother of Jupiter and Pluto; the brothers preside over the realms of heaven, the earthly world (including the underworld), and the seas. Salacia is his wife. Depictions of Neptune in Roman mosaics, especially those in North Africa, were influenced by Hellenistic conventions. He was likely associated with freshwater springs before the sea. Like Poseidon, he was also worshipped by the Romans as a god of horses, as ''Neptunus equestris'' (a patron of horse-racing). Worship The theology of Neptune is limited by his close identification with the Greek god Poseidon, one of many members of the Greek pantheon whose theology was later tied to a Roman deity. The ''lectisternium'' of 399 BC indicated that the Greek figures of Poseidon, Art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
