Peta Oakes (Gaelic Mac Dubhdara)
Librería Samer Atenea
Kálamo Books
Librería Elías (Asturias)
Librería Kolima (Madrid)
Librería Proteo (Málaga)
Planetary Gods and Their Equivalents Across Cultures explores the celestial deities who shaped the ancient imagination and gave sacred meaning to the wandering lights of the sky.From Mesopotamia to Egypt, Greece, and Rome, the planets were not understood as distant objects, but as living powers connected to kingship, love, war, wisdom, time, fate, and cosmic order.Drawing upon mythology, history, religion, and ancient cosmology, Peta Oakes, writing as Gaelic Mac Dubhdara, traces the remarkable continuity of planetary symbolism across cultures. This volume examines the seven classical planets, the origins of planetary theology in Mesopotamia, Egyptian concepts of divine order, Greek philosophical interpretations of the heavens, and the Roman system that carried these traditions forward.Through cross cultural comparison, the book reveals how Jupiter, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Saturn, and the other planetary powers were understood through distinct yet interconnected mythologies.At its heart, this work is not only a study of ancient religion, but an exploration of humanity’s enduring relationship with the cosmos. It shows how the same celestial bodies inspired parallel systems of meaning, linking distant civilisations through a shared language of the sky.The heavens have not changed. Only our understanding of them has. 6
