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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

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