Loki - Saturnus - Kronos all share the same week-day, Saturday. Sanskrit shanivaasarah. They might also be sharing yule, winter-solstice on the Northern hemisphere, i.e. the beginning of a new cycle. This is ancient Pagan Saturnalia. All about time.
As time consumes all created things, so the old year is swallowed by the new year. The departing year is often pictured as an old man, and the new year as a baby. Seen simply as one of our natural cycles.
we say: bites its own tail We know Kronos and Saturnus to consume babies, but mind you: this is metaphorically. Saturnalia is a metaphoric term for time as an “eater�. And revolutions --which simply means to turn, or come up with new times-are also known for eating their children. (Sarcastic joke, we know.) We are not speaking about cannibalism. We are talking about time. In the sphere of time all is revolving, departing and renewing itself. Time consumes what has been created to make space for the new creations. We take getting old for time. We make time as we see fleeting things pass by.