SATURNALIA THREAD
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The rituals of Saturnalia were diverse and debauched. With a week dedicated to merrymaking and drunkenness the streets of Rome gave themselves over fully to the merry pomp.
Masters served their slaves, and a peasant or drunk was anointed as the King of Misrule, to dictate the festivities
At the final ritual of Saturnalia the king of misrule would find himself in a very different position for he would be offered as a sacrifice to Saturn himself
The themes at play in Saturnalia represent the passing of the elder gods and their milieu, alluding to the passing of the year, a celebration of each “golden year” Saturn is significant in this as he devours the past like he eats his own children.
His role in time represents the cyclic nature of the years, the aeternal pattern of death and rebirth. He is the dying old year and the baby new year.
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