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Section One
These are my 5 articles MLA that I've chose from Wikipedia:


 * 1) "Poseidon." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 29 Aug. 2013. Web. 28 Sep. 2013.
 * 2) "Chihuahua (dog)." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 17 Sep. 2013. Web. 28 Sep. 2013.
 * 3) "Country music." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 26 Sep. 2013. Web. 28 Sep. 2013.
 * 4) "Halloween." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 27 Sep. 2013. Web. 28 Sep. 2013.
 * 5) "Elf." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 26 Sep. 2013. Web. 28 Sep. 2013. "

Section Two
These are my 5 articles MLA that are from other sources.


 * 1) "Poseidon." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2013. Encyclopedia.com. 28 Sep. 2013
 * 2) "Chihuahua (breed of dog)." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2013. Encyclopedia.com. 28 Sep. 2013
 * 3) "country and western music." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2013. Encyclopedia.com. 28 Sep. 2013
 * 4) Santino, Jack. "Halloween." Encyclopedia of Food and Culture. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 28 Sep. 2013
 * 5) ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "elf." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 Sep. 2013

Section Three
I've chose these article on things that I like or that I am fascinated by. I love reading about Greek Mythology and Poseidon is my favourite of the Gods. I have a chihuahua at home and he's my best friend that is why I've chosen chihuahua as an article. As for country music it is my favourite type of genre of music I've grew listening to it and as an adult I grown loving the country-rock style. Halloween not my favourite holiday but I am fascinated by the story of it. It reminds me of fantasy stories and that is my favourite type of books and that is why I've chosen elf or elves as my last article I love reading books about them.

My process on searching for these article were very easy as I am a big Wikipedia fan. I've searched many articles on this site and choosing articles on subjects that I love was simple enough. I've googled online encyclopedia and found the Columbia Encyclopedia and all the articles that I've chosen in Wikipedia.

I find Wikipedia easier to navigate then the Columbia Encyclopedia. I also find that Wikipedia have more information on the articles that I've chosen. I also find that Wikipedia is the people encyclopedia and what I mean by that is anyone have a chance to contribute on valuable information and not just certain qualifying people example: Doctors, lawyers ect...  and for that I really like Wikipedia.

Wikipedia
The Wikipedia article I've chosen for this assignment is Poseidon. Poseidon is the God of the sea. He is also known as the Earth-Shaker due to his role in causing earthquakes. He is also known as the horse tamer. He is known as Neptune in Roman mythology. Poseidon is the second oldest of Rhea and the Titan Cronos. Poseidon siblings are Zeus(the God of the sky) Hades(the God of the underworld)Demeter(the Goddess of harvest) Hestia(the Goddess of hearth) Hera(the Goddess of women and marriage). Poseidon's father Cronos was told in the pass by his mother Gaia that one of his children will dethroned him. Every time Rhea gave birth to a child he would devour them but like Zeus Poseidon was saved by Rhea who tricked Cronos by pretending that a colt was baby Poseidon and Cronos ate the colt thinking that he devour another child. Rhea brought baby Poseidon to Rhodes to be raised by Telchines. Rhea and Zeus were able to trick Cronos with a potion that was poisonous and Cronos vomited Poseidon and Zeus siblings and Poseidon and the siblings were able to over-throne their father and that is how Poseidon got the title of The Greek God of the sea. Poseidon had many consorts and children.

Poseidon had many enemies but there is two well known literature about Poseidon and a certain person and why Poseidon hates them. The first story is about Poseidon and his own niece Athena the Goddess of Wisdom they battle for a land who is now known as Athens but Poseidon lost the challenge. The second story is about Poseidon and Odysseus. The reason that Poseidon hates Odysseus is because Odysseus blinded Poseidon's son Polyphemus. The hatred that Poseidon has for Odysseus made Poseidon prevent Odysseus to return home for many years as Odysseus travels by boat and as the sea is Poseidon domain he makes it very difficult for Odysseus to return home with hurricanes and cyclones ect.

Encyclopaedia Britannica
In Encyclopaedia Britannica it is said that Poseidon in Greek mythology is the God of the sea,water,horse and earthquakes. The name Poseidon means either husband of the earth or lord of the earth. Poseidon main weapon is the trident like Zeus is the lightning bolt and Hades is the helmet these weapons were made by three cyclopes. As the God of horses he fathered many horses including well known Pegasus with the Gorgon Medusa. He also fathered cyclopes giants savage creature sea creatures like Triton. He is married to Amphrite the mother of Triton. There is a festival in Poseidon's honour was the Isthmia. It is an athletic contest including horse races. Poseidon is represent with the trident, the dolphin, and the tuna.

Comparison
Even though both articles give great information about Poseidon,Wikipedia has much more information than Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Similarly


 * Both Wikipedia and Encyclopaedia Britannica articles speaks how Poseidon is the God of the sea, Horses and Earthquakes.
 * Both articles speaks about Poseidon and his relatives overthrown their father.
 * They both speak about Poseidon many lovers and children.
 * The contest between Poseidon and Athena is mentioned in both article.
 * The meaning of the word Poseidon as the lord of the earth and husband of the earth.
 * The trident is mention as the weapon of choice for Poseidon.
 * Pegasus the son of Poseidon and Medusa is a winged horse is mentioned in both articles.
 * They both mention that Poseidon's father Cronos is a Titan.
 * Neptune is Poseidon's Roman's name.

The overthrown of Cronos is mention in both article,but Wikipedia has more details on why they overthrown him and the details of Cronos devouring his children is not mentioned. As they both mention Hades, Zeus, and Poseidon on overthrown Cronos there is no mention of Poseidon sister Hera, Demeter,and Hestia is not mention of aiding the brothers in Encyclopaedia Britannica. There is a family tree of Poseidon relatives and their children in Wikipedia. There is more details in Wikipedia about the consorts of Poseidon there is a full list of all his consorts and the children he had with them. In the Poseidon consort and children list there is the description on what kind of species the consort or who they are related. The children species are also named if it is different from the parents. For example Pero is a nymph,Melissa, daughter of Epidamnus. The Contest between Poseidon and his niece Athena is mention in both articles,but Wikipedia has more information on the rules of the contest.

Difference


 * There is no mention of Odysseus in Encyclopaedia Britannica.
 * There is no mention of male lovers in Encyclopaedia Britannica.
 * There is no mention of the colt replacing baby Poseidon to be devoured by Cronos in Encyclopaedia Britannica.
 * There is no mention of Poseidon's Trident, Zeus' Lightning Bolt, Hades' Helmet were made by cyclopes in Wikipedia.
 * The looks of Poseidon as an older male with curly hair and beard is not mentioned in Encyclopaedia Britannica.

The contest for Athens between Poseidon and Athena is mention creating the enmity between them, but no mention in Encyclopaedia Britannica about the enmity between Poseidon and Odysseus who blinded Poseidon's son Polyphemus. In both articles it is mention that Poseidon had many lovers but in Wikipedia it is mention that he also had male lovers. In Wikipedia it is mention that Rhea Poseidon's mother trick her consort Cronos by pretending that a colt was baby Poseidon but there is no mention of this information in Encyclopaedia Britannia. There's also no information in Encyclopaedia Britannica about Cronos devouring his children. No information on how Poseidon look like is mention in Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Reference and Contributors ect.
These are the references mention in Wikipedia for Poseidon:
 * Walter Burkert, Greek Religion(1977) 1985
 * http://www.maicar.com/GML/Poseidon.html
 * http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Poseidon.html a table drawn up from Michael Ventris and John Chadwick, Documents in Mycenaean Greeksecond edition (Cambridge 1973)
 * Jenks, Kathleen(April 2003). http://www.mythinglinks.org/euro~west~greece~Poseidon.html Myth*ing links. Retrieved 13 January 2007.

In http://www.maicar.com/GML/Poseidon.html it is written that some believe that Poseidon was one of the siblings swallowed by Cronos and some believe that he was saved by Rhea with the colt. It is also mention that when Poseidon and his siblings over thrown their father Cronos they sent him to Tartarus. It is said that the dolphin constellation is put in the sky from Poseidon because a certain Delphin was able to convince Amphitrite the Neniad that Poseidon love to marry Poseidon. http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Poseidon.html explains that Poseidon is a mature man with sturdy build with dark beard, and holding a trident.

All the other readings feature in Wikipedia have similar info from Poseidon birth to his children and lovers even some have more info on certain category. All articles said that Poseidon is the God of the sea,horses,earthquake. Contributors who written the Poseidon articles doesn't have to be experts on that field. They are people that likes Greek Myth(like I do) and read books about it(like me). I could even write things on Wikipedia about Poseidon as he is my favourite Greek God. The info are relevant as most article I've read have the same basic information.

These are some related articles that Encyclopaedia Britannica suggested relative reading:


 * http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/13318/Alcinous  Alcinous he is the king of the Phaeacians. He is the grandson of Poseidon.
 * http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/16928/Aloadae Aloadae are the twin sons of Iphimedia and Poseidon their name are Otus and Ephialtes. They attacked the Olympian gods and were destroyed by Apollo.
 * http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/21633/Amphitrite Amphitrite is the wife of Poseidon

Assessment of both articles
Wikipedia: I think that Wikipedia is a great article about Poseidon there is a lot of information and art and Wikipedia also has a the family tree of Poseidon. There is a lot of revision. As I scroll down the list most revision is about Poseidon consort and children.I think compare to the other site with articles about Poseidon Wikipedia has the most interesting way to represent Poseidon's life. Wikipedia article has pictures, family tree and mostly everyone that loves Greek mythology can add relevant information.

Encyclopaedia Britannica: I think that Encyclopaedia Britannica is a great article with relevant information even if it's not a very big article like Wikipedia. The illustration isn't as great also but still a great article.

Resources

 * "Poseidon." Greek Mythologyn.p. n.d. Web.10 Nov.2013
 * Odysseus Curse of the Sea.Driscoll,Emily V.2011. Film
 * Riordan, Rick. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief 2005. Miramax book.
 * "Poseidon." Encyclopedia Mythica from Encyclopedia Mythica Online.
 * O'Connor, George.Poseidon:Earth Shaker2013. First Second
 * Banks,Anna.Of Poseidon2013. Feiwel & Friends.
 * "Poseidon." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 28 Oct. 2013. Web. 11 Nov. 2013.
 * Pevnick, Seth D.Poseidon and the Sea: Myth, Cult and Daily Life2014.D Giles Limited
 * ``Poseidon````A World of Myths Mythology from around the world``2011 Web. 11 Nov.2013
 * Poseidon Master of the Seas. Films for the Humanities & Sciences. Film Media Group. 2010 c 1995.