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Earthquakes: The Story Of The Greek God Poseidon

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Have you ever wondered why we have earthquakes? This is the story of the Greek god Poseidon. King of the Sea, but the Greeks also thought he controlled Earthquakes too. This story will explain why they did, and to all the naughty kids who hurt the sea. Long long ago back when the Greeks roamed the Earth. Back then some people made Poseidon mad, so many times that he said “ENOUGH!” and he struck his trident into the ground. This made Gaia mad. she then made the Earth Quake and all the people on land were begging for forgiveness to the gods. One day, Poseidon came out and said: “you keep destroying my sea can cause trouble for me!” Everyone came over and was bowing down and pleading for forgiveness. So they all stopped… for a bit. Then some

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