Triton

E135486

Greek deity mythological character sea god

Triton is a Greek sea god, often depicted as a merman with a conch shell, who serves as a herald and attendant of the ocean deities.

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Label	Occurrences
Triton canonical	9

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek deity ⓘ mythological character ⓘ sea god ⓘ
artDepiction	often shown blowing a conch shell ⓘ often shown emerging from the sea ⓘ often shown riding sea creatures ⓘ
associatedWith	Amphitrite ⓘ Nereids ⓘ Poseidon ⓘ other sea deities ⓘ
attribute	conch shell ⓘ green hair (in some depictions) ⓘ sea-colored body (in some depictions) ⓘ trident (sometimes) ⓘ
category	Children of Poseidon ⓘ Greek sea gods ⓘ Mermen in mythology ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
depiction	fish tail instead of legs ⓘ human upper body ⓘ merman ⓘ
domain	sea ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
languageOfName	Ancient Greek ⓘ
laterInterpretation	name used for generic mermen (tritons) ⓘ
mythologicalTradition	Greek mythology ⓘ
notableMyth	blows conch to signal the gods of the sea ⓘ serves as Poseidon’s herald ⓘ
pantheon	Greek pantheon ⓘ
parent	Amphitrite ⓘ Poseidon ⓘ
power	calms the sea ⓘ controls waves with conch shell ⓘ raises storms ⓘ
residence	golden palace of Poseidon ⓘ sea ⓘ underwater palace ⓘ
role	attendant of ocean deities ⓘ herald of the sea ⓘ messenger of the sea ⓘ
sphereOfInfluence	sea ⓘ sea creatures ⓘ waves ⓘ
symbol	conch shell trumpet ⓘ fish tail ⓘ sea foam ⓘ
worshipType	minor deity ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Poseidon → child → Triton ⓘ

Fontana del Tritone → depicts → Triton ⓘ

Tritons → pluralFormOf → Triton ⓘ

Amphitrite → mother → Triton ⓘ

Amphitrite → child → Triton ⓘ

Benthesikyme → sibling → Triton ⓘ

Misenus (mythological trumpeter of Aeneas) → killedBy → Triton ⓘ

subject surface form: Misenus

Children of Poseidon → includes → Triton ⓘ

coat of arms of Liverpool → supporter → Triton ⓘ