TRITON
Triton was Poseidon's "trumpeter". His "trumpet" was a shell which he blew to announce Poseidon's advent or when Poseidon commanded him to blow it in order to appease the rough seas. Thus, when Poseidon wanted to stop the deluge he ordered Triton to blow his shell and so the water withdrew back into the sea and the earth emerged again. A legend had grown about him that he was a creature of the sea with the head and upper body of a man, the tail of a dolphin and with two horse-legs.
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