In the third of four installments of our planets series, Rhiannon discusses various names for Jupiter and Saturn. While the social planets tend to have fewer associated myths compared to the inner ones, as a rule, that doesn’t mean we lack interesting topics to cover. We explore just as many different faces of the planets as we did in the first two episodes. We leave the asteroid belt behind us and finally get planets with a significant number of moons!
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***Recommendation of the Week: Comparative Mythology***

• https://www.encyclopedia.com/environment/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/comparative-mythology
• https://www.innovativehistory.com/ih-blog/five-comparative-myths-you-thought-were-original
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparative_mythology

***Etymology***

• https://www.etymonline.com/word/*me-?ref=etymonline_crossreference#etymonline_v_52683
• https://www.etymonline.com/word/mensural?ref=etymonline_crossreference
• https://www.etymonline.com/word/month#etymonline_v_17483
• https://www.etymonline.com/word/moon?ref=etymonline_crossreference#etymonline_v_18330

***Miscellaneous Web***

• https://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/space-environment/3-orbital-lengths-distances.html

***Jupiter***

• https://www.ancient.eu/jupiter/
• https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1311/1311.0076.pdf
• https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1403/1403.0304.pdf
• https://brill.com/view/book/edcoll/9789463005159/BP000010.xml
• https://www.britannica.com/topic/Jupiter-Roman-god
• http://www.infoperu.com/en/view.php?lang=en&p=165
• https://www.jstor.org/stable/2708812?seq=1
• https://mythopedia.com/roman-mythology/gods/jupiter/
• https://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/empire/augustus_religion.html
• https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/jupiter/in-depth/#otp_moons
• https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/jupiter/overview/

***Saturn***

• https://www.ancient.eu/Ninurta/
• https://www.ancient.eu/Saturn/
• https://www.britannica.com/topic/Nerthus
• https://keolamagazine.com/hawaii-island/h2017-1/almanac-in-the-sky/
• https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Saturn_(mythology)#Mythology
• https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/saturn/overview/