Saturn had a long history in Mesopotamia and was originally a sun God, possibly even the "El" of the ancient Hebrews. However, there are other people in the world and always have been, many even as ancient as Abraham, and they have other traditions about Saturn.

http://qdl.scs-inc.us/2ndParty/Pages/7285.html good Mesopotamia trace

The Indians were so aware of Saturn they calculated its diameter very accurately, and associated it with a divine judge.

In China, Saturn was associated with the Earth element in a five-element system. It was also associated with the mythical first emperor Huang Ti, which is not that far from Sheng Di, their ancient sky god who was very reminiscent of the ancient Hebrew god, and the Tahitians also attributed authority to Saturn.

https://www.crystalinks.com/saturn.myth.astrology.html

This is all easily understood when you remember that the ancients could only see 5 planets and thought they were gods because they moved freely in the sky against the fixed stars. The godly characteristics applied to them reflect their sizes, orbital speed, color, and oddities like retrograde motion.