> João Simões Lopes Filho wrote:
>
> From "A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion":
> SHANI - The planet Saturn. The regent of that planet, represented as a
> black man in black garments. Shani was a son of the sun and Cha:ya:
> (...) He is also known as A:ra, Kona, and Kroda (cf. Krónos), and by
> the patronimic Saura. His influence is evil, hence he is called
> Kru:ra-drsh and Kru:ra-locana, 'the evil-eyed one'. He is also Manda
> 'the slow', Pangu 'the lame', Sanaish-cara 'slow-moving'; Sapta:rci:
> 'seven-rayed' and Asita 'the dark'.
>
> Any comments? Any parallel among another IE people? The Irish Balor
> "evil-eyed' ? Hel "as being half-dark"?
Well, Saturn has a malevolent character in pretty much all systems of
astrology (I'm not sure about the Chinese) though this may be
inheritance from Babylon or Sumer. The slowness/lameness on the other
hand is a natural consequence of it being the farthest out and slowest
of the seven classical planets and thus could be independent interpretation.
-- John
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