Saturn (mythology)

Saturn
God of the Capitol, time, wealth, agriculture, and liberation
Saturn wearing his toga “capite velato” and holding a sickle (fresco from the House of the Dioscuri at Pompeii, Naples Archaeological Museum)
Major cult center	Temple of Saturn
Abode	Capitoline Hill
Planet	Saturn[1]
Symbol	Sickle, scythe, veil
Day	Saturday
Gender	Male
Festivals	Saturnalia
Genealogy
Parents	Caelus and Terra
Siblings	Janus, Ops
Consort	Ops
Children	Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto, Juno, Ceres, and Vesta
Equivalents
Etruscan	Satre
Greek	Cronus

Saturn (Latin: Sāturnus [saːˈtʊrnʊs]) was a god in ancient Roman religion, and a character in Roman mythology. He was described as a god of time, generation, dissolution, abundance, wealth, agriculture, periodic renewal and liberation. Saturn's mythological reign was depicted as a Golden Age of abundance and peace. After the Roman conquest of Greece, he was conflated with the Greek Titan Cronus. Saturn's consort was his sister Ops, with whom he fathered Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto, Juno, Ceres and Vesta.

Saturn was especially celebrated during the festival of Saturnalia each December, perhaps the most famous of the Roman festivals, a time of feasting, role reversals, free speech, gift-giving and revelry. The Temple of Saturn in the Roman Forum housed the state treasury and archives (aerarium) of the Roman Republic and the early Roman Empire. The planet Saturn and the day of the week Saturday are both named after and were associated with him.