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