Religion:Phaenon

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Short description: Synonym of Saturn

Phaenon (Greek: Φαίνων) in Greek mythology is the sky god of Cronus (as in the planet Saturn). The name Phaenon is sometimes used poetically to refer to the planet Saturn;[1] 'Phaenon' means 'bright' or 'shining', and Saturn is a bright planet which is easy to see.[2]

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  1. Godwin, Joscelyn (1992-11-01) (in en). The Harmony of the Spheres: The Pythagorean Tradition in Music. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-62055-096-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=K18oDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Phaenon%22+mythology&pg=PT9. 
  2. Dobrzycki, Jerzy (1978), Dobrzycki, Jerzy, ed., "Nicholas Copernicus' Revolutions" (in en), Nicholas Copernicus on the Revolutions (London: Palgrave Macmillan UK): pp. 227–306, doi:10.1007/978-1-349-01776-8_5, ISBN 978-1-349-01776-8, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-01776-8_5, retrieved 2023-02-10