> > D.Leeper:
> > Then we got smart and realized
> > it took the sun 365 days to circle the earth. To explain this
> > discrepancy,
> > priests made the 359'th day the birthday of the Sun God. Through the
> > power
> > of his birth we got an extra five days.
> > -------------------------------------------------
>
> I have never heard this.
>
> What culture are you speaking of? What years? Who are "we"? And I still
> don't get the connection to Lucifer.
>
> Do you have a source?
Frazer's "The Golden Bough". Somebody said I was wrong about this being
Lucifer. It's been five or so years since I read the book, so maybe I
am wrong about "Lucifer".
The Christians took over the holiday, so I would guess it's pre-christian.
-- David Leeper dleeper@gte.net Homo Deus http://home1.gte.net/dleeper/index.htm 1 + 1 != 2 http://home1.gte.net/dleeper/CMath.html