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Saturn's Ring Light (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 weeks ago by oldmanalex@sh.itjust.works to c/funny@sh.itjust.works

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[–] cholesterol@lemmy.world 33 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Saturn is also the Roman name of one of the titans from Greek mythology (Cronos). It was prophesized that Cronos would be overthrown by one of his children, so he would eat them. The drawing is based on a famous painting by Francisco Goya.

[–] BladeFederation@piefed.social 9 points 2 weeks ago

And fun fact: Goya never named it that. People just assumed. Somewhat related, he had a lot of mental health issues.

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 3 points 2 weeks ago

Wow... and still that's tame compared to the bible. I'm impressed.