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