Many changes in the natural world have also been effected by the Saints, according to the popular creed in most parts of Europe. […] The desire to account for the phænomena of the moral world has also led to the invention of legends. […] He gradually reduced under his sway the greater part of the world. […] The armillary sphere would thus give us an idea of the Homeric world. […] Kronos is the youngest child, so is Zeus ; the Titans divide the dominion of the world, so do the Kronids.