Our friends just named their new sailboat this name and we can't remember what it is, and want to send them a congrats card with the name on it. All we remember is that it begins with a "P."
What's the name of the Greek (I think) goddess of the underworld who keeps the seas calm?
I think you got the two Greek figures mixed up. Persephone is the Greek Goddess of the Underworld. Poseidon is the Greek God of the Sea who can calm the sea. When offended or ignored, he supposedly struck the ground with his trident and caused chaotic springs, earthquakes, drownings and shipwrecks.
Reply:I like you are thinking of Poseidon. There is also Triton too. But that was a god, not goddess.
Reply:It's Poseidon, Greek god of the sea. It's a 'he', and he doesn't live in the underworld (Hades), he lives in the ocean.
Reply:Amphitrite
Reply:You are probably thinking of Persephone, the goddess of the underworld. Although she didn't have any connection with the sea.
The Greek goddesses of the calm sea were Galene, Amphitrite, Cymodoce and Cymatolege.
Cyma was the ancient Greek word for "wave."
Reply:well actualy there is a norse goddess named Hel and she usualy caused mischief (having had Loki "inside" her) But she sometimes helped the vikings in legends.
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