Re: virus: Re: Why religious

Jason McVean (jmcvean@acs.ucalgary.ca)
Tue, 12 Nov 96 10:36:49 MST


D.Leeper wrote.
> Ken Pantheists wrote:
> > Puleease!
> > The december festival was the Saturnus Festival.
> > SATURN's Day.
> No, this is Saturday.
> Sunday - Sun's day
> Monday - Moon's day
> Tuesday - Forgot this one.
> Wednsday - Forgot this one too.
> Thursday - Thor's day
> Friday - Fria's Day

Look at the French translations:
Tuesday = Mardi = Mars' day
Wednesday = Mercredi = Mercury's day

Similarly, Thor's day is also Jupiter's day and Fria's day is
also Venus' day. A grab bag of pantheons.

Jason

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