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Greek god names of planets. In the western world ALL the planets are named after Roman gods Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn. Other cultures have different names for them Before that in the same region the Greeks called them by Greek. English being a Germanic language renamed Jupiters day Thors Day after a Germanic Norse god who bore many similarities to Jupiter.

The west still uses the old Roman names. Jupiter Saturn Mars Venus and Mercury were given their names thousands of years ago. To the Greeks and Romans there were seven known planets each presumed to be circling Earth according to the complex laws laid out by Ptolemy.

In Greek the name of the planet Jupiter is. After the invention of telescopes another 3 planets were identified Unanus Neptune Pluto. Greek gods planets named after.

Jupiter the solar systems biggest planet was named for the king of the Roman gods while the reddish color of the planet Mars led the Romans to name it after their god of war. The other planets were not discovered until much later after telescopes were invented. Greek Kronos and Rhea In Minoan mythology Saturn was known as the Great Goddess and Rhea was known as the Mistress of Animals.

The Moon Mercury Venus. Aris or Ares was the Greek god of War. The Roman name for Zeus is Jupiter.

They were in increasing order from Earth in Ptolemys order and using modern names. He could be a merciless and cruel god and he paid his karmic debt when his son Cronus castrated him with a scythe. Jupiter the fifth planet from the sun is the largest planet in our solar system.