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Saturn (Latin: Sāturnus [saːˈtʊrnʊs]) was a god in ancient Roman religion, and a character in Roman mythology. He was described as a god of time, generation, dissolution, abundance, wealth, agriculture, periodic renewal and liberation.
Satan may hypothetically have ties to Saturn, due to Saturn being associated with the god Cronos, who relates to the Phoenician and Canaanite god associated with child sacrifice (Baal, Molech). Cronos may be related by way of the mythology of him eating his son, whereas Molech would devour the children of his subjects.
The most notable instances of this are Sun gods and Moon gods in polytheistic systems worldwide. Also notable are the associations of the planets with deities in Sumerian religion, and hence in Babylonian and Greco-Roman religion, viz. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Gods, goddesses, and demons may also be considered personifications ...
The Prose Solomon and Saturn in the Nowell Codex (the Beowulf manuscript) is a question-and-answer text dealing chiefly with issues of biblical or Christian lore. It has many similarities to a later Old English prose dialogue, Adrian and Ritheus [2] and, later still, the Middle English Master of Oxford's Catechism.
Helios and Phaethon with Saturn and the Four Seasons, by Nicolas Poussin, oil on canvas. In Ovid's account, Zeus' son Epaphus mocks Phaethon's claim that he is the son of the sun god; his mother Clymene tells Phaethon to go to Helios himself, to ask for confirmation of his paternity.
On Jan. 4, the sun will join the taskmaster planet in an empowering sextile, setting the stage for you to turn your dreams into something tangible and long-lasting
Saturn driving a four-horse chariot on the reverse of a denarius issued in 104 BC by the plebeian tribune Saturninus, with the head of the goddess Roma on the obverse: Saturninus was a popularist politician whose Saturnian imagery played on his name and evoked both his program of grain distribution to aid the poor and his intent to subvert the ...
Zȃzȇl (Hebrew: זאזל, romanized: Zazl) [1] [2] is the darker spirit of Saturn, [3] [4] mentioned as a spirit in such works as the Key of Solomon.As it says on the 10th Plate: "The First Pentacle of Mercury.--It serveth to invoke the Spirits who are under the Firmament."