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Originally Posted by mountainman
The season of the Kronia, or the latin Saturnalia is a Roman winter solstice festival, dedicated to Saturn, commencing on 17 December and celebrated for a whole week, up to 23 December.
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My birthday is December 23, and my great-grandmother was named Saturnina... does that make me the same god as Saturn or Christ?
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]While all mythology/symbology eventually mixes into each other, certain mythology/symbology was blatantly christianised by the Roman state by means of imperial edicts. Happy (better late than never) xmas btw 
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That Christianity appropriated pagan Roman festivals/mythology is amply known. That does not validate the claim of a connection between Saturn and the Christ, as few gods can be so different in their mythological descriptions.
02-28-2009, 10:22 AM
