Re: Daze of the weak? Norse & Roman Gods, and Kokopelli ... 
| July 16, 2014 10:21AM |
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DougvV Wrote:
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> Sunday: Sun's Day. The Sun gave people light and warmth every day.
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> Friday: Frigg's Day. Frigg was a Norse god equal in power to Odin.
I thought Friday was named after Freyja (sp?), a norse trickster godess and - according to an ancient Tuzigoot legend - the mother of Kokopelli and his sisters, the CocoaPellae twins.
> Saturday: Seater's Day or Saturn's Day. Saturn was a Roman god.
> Wasn't he dealing with hula hoops and planets?
Yes, since the invention of the telescope revealed his true nature, Saturn has been retroactively named the god of Hula Hoops and, by exension, Chubby Checker and The Twist.
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> June: from Junius, Latin for the goddess Juno {or Juneau}.
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> Why is September (seven) actually month 9?
'Cause two Roman emperors stuck in the extra months - July (Julius Caesar) and August (Augustus Caesar) named after themselves - between June and September, but were too lazy to rename September (7) to November (9), October (8) to December (10), November (9) to Elevember (11), and December (10) to Dodecember (12). It's a good thing that neither Nero or Claudius had much clout, or we might have had an entire 13th month of bad luck ...
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> Sunday: Sun's Day. The Sun gave people light and warmth every day.
:
:
> Friday: Frigg's Day. Frigg was a Norse god equal in power to Odin.
I thought Friday was named after Freyja (sp?), a norse trickster godess and - according to an ancient Tuzigoot legend - the mother of Kokopelli and his sisters, the CocoaPellae twins.
> Saturday: Seater's Day or Saturn's Day. Saturn was a Roman god.
> Wasn't he dealing with hula hoops and planets?
Yes, since the invention of the telescope revealed his true nature, Saturn has been retroactively named the god of Hula Hoops and, by exension, Chubby Checker and The Twist.
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> June: from Junius, Latin for the goddess Juno {or Juneau}.
>
> Why is September (seven) actually month 9?
'Cause two Roman emperors stuck in the extra months - July (Julius Caesar) and August (Augustus Caesar) named after themselves - between June and September, but were too lazy to rename September (7) to November (9), October (8) to December (10), November (9) to Elevember (11), and December (10) to Dodecember (12). It's a good thing that neither Nero or Claudius had much clout, or we might have had an entire 13th month of bad luck ...
- Sincerely, Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
"Not All Who Have Cell-Phones Do Twitter *
"Not All Those Who Ponder Can Think . . . "
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