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
Old Man of the Sea Log from the Sea of Cortez" by John Steinbeck. The Old Man of the Sea is also a card in trading card game in the expansion Arabian Nights based upon the character in Sinbad voyages, but originally it was based upon Hassan Ibn Saba, The Old Man of the Mountain. The Old Man of the Sea is mentioned in "Avengers," Vol. 1, No. 1 (1963) by Loki. Old Man of the Sea In Greek mythology, the Old Man of the Sea () was a primordial figure who could be identified as any of several water-gods, generally Nereus or Proteus, but