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Origins[]
The Triton is one of a race of creatures with origins in Greek and Roman mythology, legend and folklore. In particular, accounts of their existence claim that the first Tritons are descended from a fish-tailed sea divinity of the same name. And Triton was the son of Poseidon (a brother of Zeus) and his wife Amphitrite (one of the daughters of Nereus).