Editing Poseidon (section)

===Mycenean cult===
During the [[Mycenean Greece|Mycenean]] period, the ancestral male gods of the Myceneans were probably not represented in human forms, and the information given by the tablets found at [[Pylos]] and [[Knossos]] is insufficient.<ref name=Mylonas2/> Poseidon was the chief deity at [[Pylos]] and [[Thebes, Greece|Thebes]]. He is identified with [[Anax]] and he carried the title "Master of the Underworld".{{cn|date=August 2024}} Anax had probably a cult associated with the protection of the palace.{{sfn|Dietrich|2004|pages=180-185}} In [[Acrocorinth]] he was worshipped as ''Poseidon Anax'' during the Mycenean age.{{sfn|Dietrich|2004|pages=175–180}} In the city there was the famous spring [[Peirene (fountain)|Peirene]] which in a myth is related to the winged horse [[Pegasus]].<ref name=Geschichte2>Nilsson, "Geschicte", p.449,450</ref> In [[Attica]] there was a cult of ''Anax heroes'' who was connected to Poseidon.{{sfn|Dietrich|2004|pages=175–180}} A cult title of Poseidon was "earth-shaker" and in [[Knossos]] he was worshipped together with the goddess [[Eleithyia]] who was related to the annual birth of the divine child.{{sfn|Dietrich|2004|pages=175–180}} [[Potnia]] was the Mycenean goddess of nature and she was the consort of Poseidon at Pylos. She is mentioned together with [[bucranium|bucrania]] in decorated jugs and he was associated with the animals and especially to the bull.{{sfn|Dietrich|2004|pages=180-185}} In Athens Poseidon was an inland god who created the salt-sea ''Erecthēιs'' ({{lang|grc|Ερεχθηίς}}), "sea of Erechtheus". In Acropolis his cult was superimposed on the cult of the local ancestral figure [[Erechtheus]].<ref name=Burkert1985Poseidon /> In Athens and [[Asine]] he was worshipped in the house of the king during the Mycenean period.<ref name=Geschichte2/> The bull was the favourite animal for sacrifices and it seems that horses were rarely used during the burial of the Mycenean leaders.<ref name=Mylonas2/>