Sea Allusions, Definition, Citation, Reference, Information - Allusion to Sea


  1. Aegir god of the seas. [Norse Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 12]
  2. Amphitrite queen of the sea; Poseidon’s wife. [Gk. Myth.: NCE, 94]
  3. Bowditch standard navigational work, American Practical Navigator; so called from its compiler, Nathaniel Bowditch. [Am. Hist.: Hart, 97]
  4. Clement the First, St. drowned bound to anchor; invoked in marine dedications. [Christian Hagiog.: Attwater, 88]
  5. Cuchulain mad with grief, he battles the sea. [Irish Myth.: Benét, 239]
  6. Dylan god of waves, which continually mourn him. [Celtic Myth.: Leach, 332; Jobes, 480]
  7. Jones, Davy personification of the ocean. [Br. and Am. Marine Slang: Leach, 298]
  8. Manannan Irish god of the sea. [Irish Folklore: Briggs, 280]
  9. mermaid half-woman, half-fish; seen by sailors. [western Folklore: Misc.]
  10. Nereids fifty daughters of Nereus; attendants of Poseidon. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 174]
  11. Nereus son of Oceanus; father of the Nereids. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 174; Gk. Lit.: Iliad]
  12. Njorthr Scandinavian god; protector of sailors and ships. [Norse Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 760]
  13. Oceanids three thousand daughters of Oceanus and Tethys. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 178]
  14. Oceanus Titan and father of the river gods and Oceanids. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 178]
  15. Poseidon (Rom. Neptune) god of the oceans and all waters. [Gk. Myth.: Wheeler, 257]
  16. Salacia consort of Neptune and goddess of springs. [Rom. Myth.: Kravitz, 208]
  17. Tethys goddess-wife of Oceanus. [Gk. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 1070]
  18. Thetis sea deity and mother of Achilles. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 269; Gk. Lit.: Odyssey]
  19. Tiamat primeval sea represented as a dragon goddess, mother of all the gods. [Babylonian Myth.: Benét, 1007]
  20. trident three-pronged fork; attribute of Poseidon. [Gk. Myth.: Hall, 309]
  21. Triton gigantic sea deity; son and messenger of Poseidon. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 277; Rom. Lit.: Aeneid]
  22. Varuna god over the waters. [Vedic Myth.: Leach, 1155]

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