Motif
Agricultural deity with harvest attributes
agricultural_deity_with_harvest_attributes
A motif of the Sacred Time and Ritual Cycle family, within the sub-family Crop Spirits and Agricultural Fertility. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
greek roman
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Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome URANUS AND GAEA. (COELUS AND TERRA.) / SECOND DYNASTY. / CRONUS (SATURN). / SATURN.; lines 633-649 confidence: high
The Romans, following a custom of identifying their deities with Greek gods of similar attributes, declared Cronus identical with their old agricultural divinity Saturn.
Saturn is described as an agricultural divinity and represented with a sickle and wheat-sheaf.
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