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Cronos (Greek) / Saturn (Roman)
Cronos/Saturn was a Titan, one of the elder gods, whose dominion was
afterwards transferred to others. He
was the father of Zeus (Jupiter/Jove) who eventually overthrew and
then banished him
'Zeus the father decreed for certain of the heroes a stead at
the world's end, far off from mortals, where reigneth Kronos.' - Hesiod
'There is one island there (in Britain) where Cronus is a
prisoner guarded by Briareus in his sleep .. sleep was the fetters designed for
Cronus and many daimones are around him as servants and followers.'
(Levi. P, 'A
history of Greek Lit.)
'Kronos is imprisoned, with Briareus keeping guard
over him as he sleeps, for as they put it sleep is the bond forged for Kronos.'
- Plutarch
'The natives have a story that in one of these (islands) Cronus
has been confined by Zeus, but that he, having a son for gaoler, is left
sovereign lord of these islands ... Cronus himself sleeps within a deep cave
resting on a rock which looks like gold .. Birds fly in at the topmost part of
the rock, and bear him ambrosia, and the whole island is pervaded by the
fragrance shed from the rock.'
(Plutarch, Moralia XII.)
'Kronos, king of the blessed isles, is but another form
.. of
Apollo in the land of the Hyperboreans.'
R.S.Loomis, 'Celtic Myth and Arthurian Romance' p.323
'We see clear traces in Welsh and Arthurian legend
of the myth of Kronos as a god
imprisoned on a North Atlantic island.' from
'Celtic Myth and Arthurian
Romance
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