Proteus
Proteus is the old sea god who tends Poseidon's seals and knows everything, but will only answer if held fast while he turns into lion, serpent, leopard, boar, water and tree. He is change itself as an obstacle to knowledge.
Correspondences
Offerings
- Offerings
- Sea waterFishSaltHoney
Sacred timing
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- Proteus the Old Man of the Sea
- Gender Expression
- Masculine
- Titles
- The Shape-ShifterOld Man of the SeaKeeper of the Seals
- Symbols
- SealWaterShapesChain
Practice
- Invocation Approach
- ToneShifting reluctantAddressProteusThe Shape-ShifterOld Man of the SeaRelationshipThe oracle you have to hold while he becomes everything elseWarningHe answers only the man who does not let goResonanceThose seeking an answer that keeps changing shape
- Modern Practice
Proteus is called on for shapeshifting, for weathering change, and for any truth that has to be held onto while it changes form. His practice is grip: hold the question until it stops moving.
Nature and meaning
- Domain
- ShapeshiftingProphecyThe seaSealsChangeElusionThe tides
- Mythology Summary
Proteus is the old sea god who tends Poseidon's seals and knows everything, but will only answer if held fast while he turns into lion, serpent, leopard, boar, water and tree. He is change itself as an obstacle to knowledge.
- Related Deities
- PoseidonAmphitriteTritonHermesSelene
Details
- Correspondences
- ColorsSea blueGreenGreyIridescentScentsSea saltRosemaryFrankincenseMetalsCopperSilverAnimalsSealOctopusDolphinEel
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