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Mithraic altar (3rd-century AD) showing Caelus flanked by allegories of the Seasons (Museum Carnuntinum, Lower Austria)Caelus or Coelus (/ ˈ s iː l ə s /; SEE-ləs) was a primordial god of the sky in Roman mythology and theology, iconography, and literature (compare caelum, the Latin word for "sky" or "heaven", hence English "celestial").
Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It is a gaseous cyan-coloured ice giant. ... and the Roman equivalent was Caelus. In 1789, ...
In Roman mythology, Uranus's counterpart was Caelus (Sky). Cicero says Caelus was the offspring of Aether and Dies (Day), [30] and that Caelus and Dies were the parents of Mercury . [31] Hyginus says that, in addition to Caelus, Aether and Dies were also the parents of Terra (Earth), and Mare (Sea). [32]
Alone but certainly unique, Uranus rotates at a nearly 90-degree angle and is surrounded by 13 icy rings. Images of which were captured in rich detail last year by the James Webb Space Telescope .
I changed Coelus to be a redirect to Caelus-Lethe | Talk 19:19, Jan 7, 2005 (UTC) uruanus went to be the god of another planet in which he named uranus ....go figure Uranus is the Roman version. Caelus is the Greek version. It would be best just to switch the articles, really.
The Greek equivalent is Gaea, mother of titans, consort of Caelus (Uranus). Terminus, the rustic god of boundaries. Tiberinus, river god; deity of the Tiber river. Tibertus, god of the river Anio, a tributary of the Tiber. Tranquillitas, goddess of peace and tranquility. Trivia, goddess of crossroads and magic, equated with Hecate.
The adjectival forms of the names of astronomical bodies are not always easily predictable. Attested adjectival forms of the larger bodies are listed below, along with the two small Martian moons; in some cases they are accompanied by their demonymic equivalents, which denote hypothetical inhabitants of these bodies.
Caelus (Functional equivalent) Jupiter (mainly etymological) Part of a series on: ... Uranus (mythology) References Oberlies, Thomas (1998). Die Religion des ...