Proteo il Vecchio del Mare

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In the dark and unfathomable depths of the open sea, the old man of the sea lives and swims free, one of the most ancient divinities: Proteus, the shape-changing god. • SIGN UP: http://www.youtube.com/c/AlessandroGe... • The name derives from protogonos , the first born. This places the coming into the world of Proteus in the auroral time, among the earliest divinities, so ancient that some sources claim to ignore who the parents could be; others, on the other hand, claim that he is the son of Poseidon. • He reigned over the sea well before Poseidon, distinguishing himself for wisdom and truthfulness. According to Hesiod, he surpasses in authority an even more ancient ruler of the sea: Briareus with a hundred arms. • Like other deities of the beginning, Proteus has different qualities and strengths: he has the ability to take on any form: from the animal world to the vegetable one up to the mineral one. • In the blink of an eye, Proteus is lion and ant, water and rock, a powerful oak and the fire that surrounds it. • Powerful figure, in a primitive vase painting he is depicted with a fish tail and with a lion, a deer and a viper coming out of his body ... • But this is not the most remarkable characteristic of him: he is a sacred giver of divination: his word contains the right answer to any question ... • DON'T CLICK HERE: http://www.youtube.com/c/AlessandroGe... • #AlessandroGelain #philosophy # ancient mythology

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