Saturday (the only day that retained its Roman character) |
Saturday is the only day of the week that retained its Roman origins in the wake of the English invasions of the Angles and Saxons. This may have been because there was no Norse God to roughly corresp...
Posted by A Succubus In Rapture on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:41:00 PST |
Friday (only day of the week named for a woman) |
Lucky or unlucky, Friday is one of the most popular days in the week. TGIF is the commonly used acronym meaning "Thank Goodness It's Fiday!". There is even a popular restaurant that goes by the name, ...
Posted by A Succubus In Rapture on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:40:00 PST |
Thursday (Thunder...how this day got its name) |
Thor was the Norse God of Thunder. The Scandanavians believed his chariot rumbled as it crossed the sky and that he wielded a hammer that shot lightening when he threw it. The Angles and Saxon's who i...
Posted by A Succubus In Rapture on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:39:00 PST |
Wednesday (named for weddings? Not even close) |
The mid-day of the week is named for the Norse God, Odin. He was also known as Woden or Wotan. Unlike many of the other days of the week, this day did not correspond roughly with the Roman designation...
Posted by A Succubus In Rapture on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:37:00 PST |
Tuesday (It is named for a Norse God) |
Fat Tuesday is the designation generally given to the day just prior to the beginning of Lent. Lent is a 40 day time of fasting for many Christians and it always begins on a certain Wedensday prior to...
Posted by A Succubus In Rapture on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:34:00 PST |
Monday (If the sun has its own day why not the moon) |
If sun is honored on Sunday, it follows that the Moon should be given a place of prominence on Monday. And, indeed, the word for Monday is derived via the ancient Anglo-Saxon/Germanic tongue from the ...
Posted by A Succubus In Rapture on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:32:00 PST |
Sunday (the Lord’s day for Christians, yet it is named for the sun) |
The first day of the week is Sunday. For most Christian denominations this day is considered a holy day, due to the fact that Christ was reported to have risen from the dead on a Sunday. For this reas...
Posted by A Succubus In Rapture on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:31:00 PST |
The Week (It could have been six, it could have been ten. Why seven?) |
It is conjectured that the seven day week as we know it was developed by the Babylonians over 3000 years ago. Historians believe that the Babylonians were avid astronomers. They based many of their ma...
Posted by A Succubus In Rapture on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:29:00 PST |
SO close it scares me lol |
www.myheritage.com...
Posted by A Succubus In Rapture on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:08:00 PST |
See me morph into Alyssa Milano! |
www.myheritage.com...
Posted by A Succubus In Rapture on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 08:53:00 PST |
