Minerval Fresco

In the middle of the ceiling of the Illuminati's Minerval Assembly in Ingolstadt was a mural and fresco replete with mythological imagery. The fresco in the center had a crowned Jupiter/Zeus, swan to his left, enthroned on the clouds in glory while holding a thunderbolt in his right hand pointed downwards towards Leda (whom, according to myth, the former had raped while in the guise of a swan). On the same floating cloud as Leda and the children she bore (Castor and Pollux) from the union with Jupiter, one can recognize Mars, Aphrodite and Adonis. To the right, Neptune with trident and Amphitrite or Salacia, his consort; Saturn with sickle, next to his sister and wife, Rhea; while the offspring of Neptune and Salacia (son Triton and daughter Rhode) are represented in the sea below as two merman-like creatures blowing twisted conch shells.