Palaemon is the God of harbours and protector of sailors. He is a minor sea god. His Roman counterpart is Portunus
History[]
A sea divinity in Greek mythology, analogue to the Roman Portumnus, the tutelary deity of ports and shores. Under the name Melicertes he had been a child of Ino and Athmas. Ino had nursed her nephew Dionysus, one of Zeus' many illegitimate children, and jealous Hera had driven Athmas mad, so that he pursued his wife with intent to kill her and her children. He managed to kill Learque, one of her sons. Despaired and carrying her second child, she leaped into the sea, where both of them became minor deities -he thereafter was called Palaemon and she Leucothea. He was usually portrayed riding on a dolphin and was invoked as a savior from shipwreck. The Isthman Games were celebrated in his honor. He had a temple on the isthme, the Palaemonium, were he was celebrated along with his mother and Poseidon. Palaemon's tomb was supposed to be in the crypt of the temple.
Appearance[]
In representations, he's show as a dolphin-riding youth, so he has a link to dolphins. He could also be represented as a child carried by sea divinities.
Personality[]
Portunus[]
Palaemon is able to change into his Roman aspect, Portunus. In this form he becomes more disciplined, warlike and militaristic