Triton (mythology) Triton (mythology) Triton (; "Tritōn") is a mythological Greek god, the messenger of the sea. He is the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, god and goddess of the sea respectively, and is herald for his father. He is usually represented as a merman which has the upper body of a human and the tail, soft dorsal fin, spiny dorsal fin, anal fin, pelvic fins and caudal fin of a fish, "sea-hued", according to Ovid "his shoulders barnacled with sea-shells". Like his father, Poseidon, he carried a trident. However, Triton's special attribute was a twisted conch shell, on which he blew
Son of God the " are found in several passages of the Old Testament as well, but generally do not refer to Jesus or the Trinity directly. In Islam, Jesus is known as "Īsā ibn Maryam" (), and is understood to be a prophet and messenger of God (Allah) and "al-Masih", the Arabic term for Messiah (Christ), sent to guide the Children of Israel ("banī isrā'īl" in Arabic) with a new revelation, the "al-Injīl" (Arabic for "the gospel"). Islam completely denies that Jesus was the begotten son of God (Allah) or "part of" God (Allah). As in Christianity, Islam believes Jesus had no