It is the water of life, but seeing too much of it is never good. It is what binds families together, but it can be defied. What is it?

He is strongest when you see him as round, but he is often viewed in other forms. He lifts and drops the sea with his tremendous strength, and a man with a name like ‘powerful bicep’ was the first to tread on him. What is he?

It is seen in the water, if seen in the sky,
It is in the rainbow, a jay’s feather and lapis lazuli.
What is it?

It grows in the dark and shine in the light;
The paler it is, the more it is liked;
Its maker never gets paid, but never goes on strike.
What is it?

In spring it is gay in handsome array;
In summer more clothing it wear;
When colder grows it fling off its clothes;
And in winter quite naked appear. What is it?