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Caelus, also known as Coelus, was the Roman god of the sky, personified from the Latin word for "sky", caelum.[1] Caelus was later equated with the Greek god of the heavens, Uranus, who was vastly more important to the Greeks than Caelus was to the Romans.

In the Roman adaptation of Greek mythology, Caelus was, by marriage to Tellus (Greek: Gaia), the father of Saturn (Greek: Cronus), Ops (Greek: Rhea), Oceanus, and the other Titans, as well as the Gigantes. Alone, Caelus was the father of Venus (Greek: Aphrodite).

Caelus is often associated with the sign of the zodiac, Aquarius.

The Roman Caelus (or Caelum) is simply a translation of the Greek Uranus or Ouranos (Οὐρανός), not the name of a distinct national divinity. There is no evidence of the existence of a cult of Caelus, though the name occurs in dedicatory inscriptions, due to Oriental influences; the worship of the sky being closely connected with that of Mithras. Caelus is sometimes associated with Terra, represented in sculptural art as an old, bearded man holding a robe billowing over his head in the form of an arch, a conventional sign of deity.

In Roman Myth, Coelus was the personification of the skies, which is from where we get the Italian word 'cielo' which means heaven or sky.

Notes

1. ^ This personification is indicated by the use of the masculine form caelus rather that the neuter, caelum

References

  • Grimal, Pierre (1986). The Dictionary of Classical Mythology (pp. 83–84). Oxford: Basil Blackwell. ISBN 0-631-13209-0.
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Saturn's wife was Ops, Rhea's equivalent – not Magna Mater.
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