Article: Pagans in the sky. (Language Corner).(astronomical bodies named after Roman dieties)

Preaching the gospel of one sole monotheistic God, the disciples of Jesus Clarist set out to purge the Roman empire of its multitude of pagan divinities, who stubbornly resisted these efforts. That's why, even today, Heaven is not only populated by Christian angels, but also by planets called Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, i.e. Roman deities worshipped as stars.

Italians still call the moon sailing across the night sky Luna, the name of the Roman moon goddess. But the heavenly abode of Lady Luna is also haunted by Greek mythology's Orion, a great womanizer and fierce hunter who freed the island of Chins of its wild beasts. ...

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