<P> Saturn (Latin: Saturnus pronounced (saˈtʊr. nʊs)) is a god in ancient Roman religion, and a character in myth as a god of generation, dissolution, plenty, wealth, agriculture, periodic renewal and liberation . In later developments, he also came to be a god of time . His reign was depicted as a Golden Age of plenty and peace . The Temple of Saturn in the Roman Forum housed the state treasury . In December, he was celebrated at what is perhaps the most famous of the Roman festivals, the Saturnalia, a time of feasting, role reversals, free speech, gift - giving and revelry . Saturn the planet and Saturday are both named after the god . </P> <P> The Roman soil preserved the remembrance of a very remote time during which Saturn and Janus reigned on the site of the city before its foundation: the Capitol was named mons Saturnius . The Romans identified Saturn with the Greek Cronus, whose myths were adapted for Latin literature and Roman art . In particular, Cronus's role in the genealogy of the Greek gods was transferred to Saturn . As early as Livius Andronicus (3rd century BC), Jupiter was called the son of Saturn . </P> <P> Saturn had two consorts who represented different aspects of the god . The name of his wife Ops, the Roman equivalent of Greek Rhea, means "wealth, abundance, resources ." The association with Ops is considered a later development, however, as this goddess was originally paired with Consus . Earlier was Saturn's association with Lua ("destruction, dissolution, loosening"), a goddess who received the bloodied weapons of enemies destroyed in war . </P> <P> Under Saturn's rule, humans enjoyed the spontaneous bounty of the earth without labour in the "Golden Age" described by Hesiod and Ovid . </P>

Who was originally regarded as wife of saturn