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Peter Mark Adams | Game of Saturn: The Sola-Busca Tarot, Bloodlines, & The Demiurge Deal
Marin Sanudo, Child Sacrifice and the Alexander Romance
The deck was once owned by Marin Sanudo, a Venetian patrician whose family claimed descent from the Roman Emperor Valerian, a figure notorious for child sacrifice. The deck's imagery includes disturbing scenes of children over fires, which may relate to the "Alexander Romance" literature. These symbols connect Saturn, draconian forces, and the Carthaginian practice of "Molk" or child sacrifice to Moloch.