Greek sea gods the Enuma Elish, and where the Spirit of God is said to have "hovered over the waters" in Genesis. Pontus is the primordial deity of the sea. Poseidon, as god of the sea, was an important Olympian power; he was the chief patron of Corinth, many cities of Magna Graecia, and also of Plato's legendary Atlantis. He controls the oceans and the seas, and he also created horses. As such, he was intimately connected with the pre-historic office of king - whose chief emblem of power and primary sacrificial animal was the horse. Thus, on the Mycenean Linear B tablets
Why the Sea is Salt Why the Sea is Salt Why the Sea Is Salt (; the mill that grinds at the bottom of the sea) is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in their "Norske Folkeeventyr". Andrew Lang included it in "The Blue Fairy Book" (1889). It is a late parallel to the Old Norse poem "Grottasöngr", found in Snorri Sturluson's "Skáldskaparmál". Georgios A. Megas collected a Greek variant The Mill in "Folktales of Greece". It is Aarne-Thompson type 565, the Magic Mill. Other tales of this type include "The Water Mother" and "Sweet porridge". A poor man