By Colin and Colby... on Proteus...

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By Colin and Colby the awesome

Anthropomorphism- any attribution of human characteristics to other animals, non-living things, phenomena, material states, objects or abstract concepts, such as organizations, governments, spirits or deities

Epithet- or byname is a descriptive term (word or phrase) accompanying or occurring in place of a name and having entered common usage.

Eponym- a person or thing, whether real or fictitious, after which a particular place, tribe, era, discovery, or other item is named or thought to be named.

Etiological Tale- reason for: (ex.)

Myth-  sacred narrative usually explaining how the world or humankind came to be in its present form

Pantheon- All the gods of a certain religion; Large temple in Greece

He is a prophetic old man of the sea

There is no symbol or music concerning Proteus.

http://www.comicvine.com/proteus/29-2165/

He is written about in Homer's, The Odyssey, and in a modern comic, The X-men issue 125.

Bibiography: http://en.Wikipedia.org