Mythology of Saturn
Saturn is named after one of the most ancient of the gods, Chronos to the Greeks and Saturnus to the Romans. He was the sun of Uranos and Titaea, i.e. the heavens and the earth, and to have possesed the first government of the universe. His wife was Rhea who was his sister. Saturn and his five were called Titans, and Rhea and her five sisters were Titanides. Saturn seized upon the government of the universe by his superiority over his father and brothers yet pledged himself to rear no male children; he is known for devouring his sons as soon as born. Threee of them Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto escaped this fate Rhea who gave Saturn stones to devour instead of his sons. Jupiter aided Saturn in gaining his throne after he had been driven from it by his brothers the Titans, and bound in Tartarus. But soon he made war, himself upon Saturn, and seized the government.
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