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==Mythology== | ==Mythology== | ||
In ancient Hebrew, Saturn is called ''Shabbathai''. Its [[angel]] is [[Cassiel]]. Its intelligence or beneficial spirit is 'Agȋȇl (Hebrew: אגיאל, romanized: ʿAgyal), and its darker spirit ([[demon]]) is Zȃzȇl (Hebrew: זאזל, romanized: Zazl). Zazel has been described as a great angel, invoked in [[ritual magic|Solomonic magic]], who is "effective in love conjurations". In Ottoman Turkish, Urdu and Malay, the name of Zazel is 'Zuhal', derived from the Arabic language (Arabic: زحل, romanized: Zuhal). | In ancient Hebrew, Saturn is called ''Shabbathai''. Its [[angel]] is [[Cassiel]]. Its intelligence or beneficial spirit is 'Agȋȇl (Hebrew: אגיאל, romanized: ʿAgyal), and its darker spirit ([[demon]]) is Zȃzȇl (''Hebrew: זאזל, romanized: Zazl''). [[Zazel]] has been described as a great angel, invoked in [[ritual magic|Solomonic magic]], who is "effective in love conjurations". In Ottoman Turkish, Urdu and Malay, the name of Zazel is 'Zuhal', derived from the Arabic language (Arabic: زحل, romanized: Zuhal). | ||
In ancient Roman mythology, the planet Phainon was sacred to this agricultural god, from which the planet takes its modern name. The Romans considered the god Saturnus the equivalent of the Greek god Cronus; in modern Greek, the planet retains the name Cronus—Κρόνος: Kronos. | In ancient Roman mythology, the planet Phainon was sacred to this agricultural god, from which the planet takes its modern name. The Romans considered the god Saturnus the equivalent of the Greek god Cronus; in modern Greek, the planet retains the name Cronus—Κρόνος: Kronos. | ||
Saturn is named after the Roman god of wealth and agriculture and father of [[Jupiter]]. Its astronomical symbol (♄) has been traced back to the Greek Oxyrhynchus Papyri, where it can be seen to be a Greek kappa-rho with a horizontal stroke, as an abbreviation for Κρονος (Cronus), the Greek name for the planet. It later came to look like a lower-case Greek eta, with the cross added at the top in the 16th century to Christianize this [[pagan]] symbol. | Saturn is named after the Roman god of wealth and agriculture and father of [[Jupiter]]. Its astronomical symbol (♄) has been traced back to the Greek Oxyrhynchus Papyri, where it can be seen to be a Greek kappa-rho with a horizontal stroke, as an abbreviation for Κρονος (Cronus), the Greek name for the planet. It later came to look like a lower-case Greek eta, with the cross added at the top in the 16th century to [[Christianity|Christianize]] this [[pagan]] symbol. | ||
The Roman festival of [[Saturnalia]] was named for the god Saturn. | The Roman festival of [[Saturnalia]] was named for the god Saturn. | ||