Gaea created out of flint.a mineral of her own substance.a sickle with which to complete the deed. Upon the advice of Gaea (who understood the changes of life and knew that Uranus would never, of his own accord, yield to the younger generation), Saturn castrated his father and thus separated Heaven from Earth. Male ruler of the Roman Gods prior to Jupiter, Saturn's weapon was a scythe or sickle. In the Greek myths, Kronos (Saturn) was the Roman Deity of Time and an ancient Italian Corn God known as the Sower. After the rituals, the celebrants shouted the cry of "Io, Saturnalia!", a sign for the happy festivities of the season to begin. There was a public banquet, which Livy says was introduced in 217 BC (there also may have been a lectisternium, a banquet for the god in which its image is placed in attendance, as if a guest. The woolen bonds which fettered the feet of the ivory cult statue within were loosened on that day to symbolize the liberation of the god. The statue of the god was hollow and refilled with fresh olive oil, as a symbol of his agricultural functions. Saturnalia festivities began with ritual and sacrifices in the Temple of Saturn. Christ Christmas (December 25), Christians move Christ's birthday to this date in 336 A.D.By the time of the winter Brumalia, the wine was ready to be poured into jars for drinking. Bacchus (Dionysus) Brumalia, Winter Solstice on pre-Julian calendar (December 25) originally the Greek winter holiday associated with Dionysus and wine.Janus Day and Beginning of Calendar Year (January 1), set in 153 B.C. Janus - God of Beginnings and Gates Solar God of Daybreak Creator God.Coming of Age for Young Men (mid-December Juventas - Dies JuvenalisGoddess of Young Manhood related to Greek Hebe of Youthful Beauty.Consualia, end of sowing season festival (December 15). Consus - God of Storebin of Harvested Grain.A early model of Masonry which also has roots in the Egyptian temple system A sophisticated use of archetypal symbols and rites of initiation to effect high moral standards “temperance, self-control, and compassion - even in victory”. (December 25) The dominate cult among Rome's elite during the rise of Christianity. Sol Invicta - Sun God Feast of Sol Invicta, the Unconquered Sun, set in 274 A.The followers of Opis paid their vows sitting and touching the earth of whom she was goddess In the syncretic Roman polytheistic view, associated with their other great mother dieties, Cybele and Juno. Ops - Mother Earth, Goddess of Plenty partner to Saturn and Consus.Saturn - equivalent to Greek Kronos the son of Uranus (Heaven or Sky-Father) and Gaea (Ops)Earth-Mother) and the youngest of the Twelve Titans, God of Agriculture.In Roman times, Bacchus, the god of wine, became the lord of these festivals.ĭeities honored around Winter Solstice time Saturnalia celebrated the sun overcoming the power of winter, with hope of spring when life would be renewed. Today winter solstice is around December 21, but because of calendar changes, it was originally December 25th.
The earth is cold, most plants are dead, and it was believed that the sun might also be approaching death. Saturn, from whom we get the word for the day of the week, Saturday, represented by the sun at its lowest aspect at the winter solstice. The Saturnalia festival has an astronomical character, referring to the completion of the sun’s yearly course, and the commencement of a new cycle. Through December 23rd, the Roman world engaged in merrymaking and the exchanging of gifts in honor of father sun and mother earth. In pagan Rome, the celebration of the Winter Solstice began on December 17 with the feast of Saturn - also called the Saturnalia. The Carnaval Celebration that became Christmas & New Year'S Eve
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