09-21-2016, 09:06 AM
quote:The Roman gods are essentially the same as the Greek gods, just the names changed.
Originally posted by PaulW
They're all Roman gods except for Uranus (Greek). Since it could be Hawaiian telescopes making the discovery, I hope we get a local goddess this time.
Roman Greek
Sol - Helios (Sun)
Mercury - Hermes
Venus - Aphrodite
Terra - Gaea (Earth)
Luna - Selene (Moon)
Mars - Ares
Jupiter - Zeus
Saturn - Kronos
Neptune, Uranus and Pluto were named after the early 1800's after telescopes were powerful enough to see them. The astronomers that found them chose the name and continued with the Greek and Roman gods.
Interesting correlation, to bring it back to Hawaii. The Greek gods, and the Roman adoption of them, and the naming of the visible solar system bodies was because they wer thought to be the homes of the individual gods. It is almost exactly the same with the Hawaiian kupua ohana, they occupy the solar system as a home.
*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*
*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*