The fairy, though unwilling, set him free and prepared a raft and food for Odysseus. On the eighteenth day, Odysseus came in sight of land; The angry sea god Poseidon raised the waves, and Odysseus tied the scarf of ino, the fairy, to avoid difficulty. When he had landed, he threw his turnips into the sea and found a hiding place among the trees, where Athena sent him to sleep.