The planet Saturn was named after the Roman deity of agriculture, Saturn. Saturn, legend has it, taught agriculture to his people by teaching them how to farm the land. Saturn was also the Roman deity of time, which may explain why the slowest of the five brilliant planets (in orbit around the Sun) was named after him. He was also the deity of marriage for older Roman gods, which may explain why Saturn was known as the father-lover before being transformed into a planet. In English, Saturn's name is derived from the Latin word for "agricultural," meaning that he was regarded as the protector of farmers and growers. He was also once called Diestercianus, which means "the day-maker." This refers to the belief that he brought light to darkness-occupied lands at night by showing himself in the sky during dawn. Other names for Saturn include: Santre, Sate, Satana, Satan, etc. He was often depicted as a bearded man with a crown of hours hands pointing to the sky, representing the fact that he is the ruler of daytime and nighttime. His body encircles a scythe and an axe, symbols of death and destruction, but also of new life and regeneration. It is because of this contradictory nature of Saturn that some cultures have identified him with both good and evil, the living and the dead, or even youth and old age.