[TheAngryClam]

I hate to break it to you, but Cronus (Kronos in Greek) doesn't mean crow. The name Cronus is derived from the verb "kraino" which, like all Greek words, has several meanings. The primary one is "to accomplish, fulfill, bring to pass." This was later adoped to mean "to exercise sway over, to rule."

Kronos, then, means "he who brings this to pass" or, more likely "he who rules."

The closest word that relates to crows in Greek is Krozdo, with an omega for the first "o" (compared to the omicron in Kronos and Kraino), which means "to caw." The various words for crow are "korone" (second o Omega, = sea-crow) and korax (carrion-crow).

The association of Kronos to crows is actually a reverse adoption from the identification of him to the Roman god Saturn, a god of sowing and crops (and thus, the seasons and time, which, coupled with the linguistic weakening of the Chi sound from an aspirate to a simple kappa in Western Greek, made Kronos sound identical to khronos (time)).

[Prodigal Son]

Actually, I should have said Cronus derives (possibly) from the Greek word for Crow.

From http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/myth.html:

CRONUS m Greek Mythology (Latinized) Pronounced: KRO-nus Latinized form of the Greek Kronos, possibly derived from korone meaning "crow".

At any rate... Any ideas about this? Why does this character cut his hand twice?