Also know, what Greek gods are named after planets?
Planetary symbolism
| Planet | Roman deity | Greek God |
|---|---|---|
| Jupiter | Jupiter | Δίας (Dias) |
| Saturn | Saturn | Κρόνος (Cronus) |
| Uranus | Caelus | Ουρανός (Uranos) |
| Neptune | Neptune | Ποσειδ?ν (Poseidon) |
Subsequently, question is, what God is Saturn named after? Like all of the planets, Saturn is named after a character in Roman mythology. Saturn is named after the god Saturnus, the god of agriculture and harvest. Saturn is equivalent to the ancient Greek god Kronos. They decided to make the outermost planet sacred to Kronos, and the Romans did the same.
Correspondingly, why are our planets named after gods?
The English names for planets mostly come from the Romans, who borrowed their designations from gods and goddesses: Mercury was named for the messenger god because it appears to move so swiftly across the sky, Jupiter shares a title with the king of the gods because it's the solar system's giant, and so on.
Who first named the planets?
We didn't name the planets (in other words they are not modern names) - the Greeks did, and then the Romans used their names for the Greek Gods. So originally the Greeks named one planet after Zeus (the king of their gods) and the Romans named the planet after Jupiter (the king of the roman gods).
