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Triton

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in Greek mythology, was primarily a son of Nepture, by Amphitrite, who lived with his father and mother on the bottom of the sea in a golden palace. Hence the name was applied to any daemon of the Mediterranean Sea, who rode, sometimes upon horses, at other times on monsters of the deep, and occasionally appeared, assisting other deities in riding. Such Tritons are described differently. They are probably of the double nature, half man and half fish. The hair of their head is green, they have fine scales, gills under their ears, a human nose, a broad mouth with animal teeth, green eyes, hands, fingers, and nails rough, and instead of feet they possess the tail of a dolphin. They blow a spiral-formed trumpet.