Happy First Sunday After the First Full Moon After the Vernal Equinox, everyone!

[rhiannon55]

Gotta love these Christian holidays with Pagan roots. :-)

[Sherman A1]

1. Did the pagans worry about the

Monday through Sunday thing?

Just wondering what their calendars looked like?

[MineralMan]

3. The days of the weeks and months were named by Pagans.

Interesting, huh?

Sunday - Sun Day
Monday - Moon Day
Tuesday - Tiw's Day (Old English origin)
Wednesday - Woden's Day
Thursday - Thor's day
Friday - Frige's day
Saturday - Saturn's day


Different pagan sources, but all pagan in origin. That's English, of course.

January - Named for Janus
February - Named after a pagan festival
March - Named after Mars, a pagan deity
April - From a Latin word meaning "to open"
May - Named after Maia, another pagan deity
June - Juno, a pagan deity
July - Julius Caesar
August - Augustus Caesar
September, October, November, December - after Latin numbers for 7, 8, 9, 10


All pre-Christian sources.

[hlthe2b]

2. and a beautiful, peaceful, Happy Easter to those who celebrate.

May all find their own bliss, wherever the origin. :)

[Faygo Kid]

4. +1