HISTORY OF WEEKS & MONTHS

DAYS OF THE WEEK:

1.      Sunday from Sun  = gods of solis

2.      Monday from Moon = moon gods

3.      Tuesday from Mars = tiw gods

4.      Wednesday from Mercury = woden gods

5.      Thursday from Jupiter = thor gods

6.      Friday from Venus = freya gods

7.      Saturday from Saturn = gods of Saturn

MONTHS OF THE YEAR:

1.      January- gods Janus was the god of beginnings*

2.      February- gods Quirinus

3.      March- gods Mars*

4.      April- gods Venus*

5.      May- goddess Maia

6.      June- goddess Juno

7.      July- Julius Caesar

8.      August- Augustus Caesar

9.      September- the magical 7^th month after March

10.  October- gods Jupiter

11.  November- goddess Isis

12.  December- gods Helios*

HOLIDAYS:

·        *January: Original Christian Christmas was January 8

·        *March: Roman New Year “Mardi Gras”

Entry of the Trees adopted as Palm Sunday

Day of Blood adopted as Good Friday

Festival of Joy “Eastre” adopted as Easter

·        *April: “All Fools Day” Greek goddess Aphriodite

·        *December: “The Day of the Birth of the Invincible Sun” god of Helios