god
Neptune
also: Poseidon
Roman god of the sea and wielder of the trident; in the Third Elegy Rilke invokes a 'Neptune of the blood,' the dark oceanic god of the sexual drive.
Reading notes
- Duino Elegies §3 Neptune of the blood
The sea-god of the trident, invoked for the dark oceanic god of sexual drive that the lover knows only from afar.