The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Saturn / Cronus ( - )

Greek and Roman god of time, agriculture and civilization. Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198606413.001.0001/acref-9780198606413-e-5721?rskey=EHaN4M&result=2&q=saturn Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_%28mythology%29 Relationships: Saturn / Cronus was a father of Juno / Hera (-)
Saturn / Cronus was a father of Jupiter / Zeus (-)
Saturn / Cronus was a brother of Tethys (-)

Neptune / Poseidon (-) was a son of Saturn / Cronus
Vesta / Hestia (-) was a daughter of Saturn / Cronus
References in Documents:
MS Book of the dean of Christ Church (MacGregor, ed.) 541 Cama, in qua figura hominis puerulum projicientis, Saturni filium voraturi. Rubicello insculpta, auro munita. 504 Cameo in which the figure of a man throwing a young boy, [Saturn about to devour his son], is engraved in ruby and mounted in gold.