Neptune's Three Goddesses

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created the three Furies (the three goddesses of revenge), and his flesh fell into the sea and created a foam, therefore Venus was born.
Neptune is the Roman god of the sea, water, earthquakes and horses. He was from a line of sea gods and his parents were Saturnus and Ops, who were born from the titans. He was one of the twelve olympian gods. Neptune is often shown with long black hair, wearing sea green clothes sitting in a shell chariot pulled by whales, horses, or sea horses. He is always shown holding his trident and accompanied by other sea gods, goddesses or sea- nymphs. He is often known as the creator of horses and one of his temples is located by a race track in Rome. Neptune is often symbolized by the horse, the trident, the dolphin

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