God · Roman

Saturn

Saturn, a god of the Roman world, and the gods ancient sources said were the same.

Tradition: roman

Documented identifications

LinkWho said soNote
identified as Baal HammonRoman North Africa, 2nd c. BCE onwardThe chief god of Carthage, Baal Hammon, lived on as the African Saturn.
identified as YahwehTacitus, Histories 5.4, c. 105 CETacitus reports the view that the Jewish Sabbath honoured Saturn.
identified as CronusRoman religion, from the 3rd c. BCESaturn, the old harvest god, was given the myths of Cronus.

Sources

  1. Baal (Wikipedia)
  2. Interpretatio romana (Wikipedia)
  3. Interpretatio graeca (Wikipedia)
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