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sculpture holding a trident]] A trident is a three pronged staff or spear. The word's origin is from Latin ''tridens'' or ''tridentis'', from ''tri'' "three" and ''dentes'' "teeth". It was used by Fishermen to catch fish. As a weapon, it was also used by the '' Retiarii '', Roman Gladiator s, who used a Net to wrap their adversary and a trident to kill him. In the southern United States , this type of spear, called a ''gig'', is used for catching Bullfrog s, Flounder , and sometimes Carp . This kind of fishing is ''gigging''. Information on real forked spears can be found in the article on the Military Fork . SYMBOLIC USE From the fishing origins, the trident is often associated with Poseidon , the God of the sea in Greek Mythology . By hitting the earth with his trident, Poseidon created the Horse and some water sources in Greece . The Roman Gods, such as Neptune (parallel to Poseidon) also used a trident as a staff, and created earthquakes and new bodies of water. A good example can be seen in Gian Bernini 's '' Neptune And Triton ''. A trident has also references as:
SEE ALSO tridents are used in circumcising goats and other sundary animals as a form of ritual |
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