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The Romans called Halloween Pomona Who or what was Pomona?
In the 1st century BC the Romans invaded Gaul and Britain. They were adept at drafting cultures, and Samhain was assimilated to the Day of Pomona, the goddess of fruits and gardens who was celebrated around 1 November, the time of the apple harvest.
Origin of weekday names?
moon day, pagan- thors day norwegian God,- wednesday =Wotans day, Fritag norwegian. saturn day, pagan-
Where did the name of the days of week come from?
Sunday = Sun's day Monday = Moon's day Tuesday = Tyr's day (Norse god of war) Wednesday = Woden's day (Norse king of the gods) Thursday = Thor's day (Norse god of thunder) Friday = Freya's day (Norse goddess of beauty) or Frig's day (wife of Woden/Odin) Saturday = Saturn's day (Roman god of harvest and time)
Who invented the first seven-day calendar?
The seven-day week dates back to the time of Moses and the origin of the Torah, including the "Ten Commandments". One of the Ten Commandments is to remember that every seventh day, the Sabbath, is a holy day on which no work may be done. Despite the sacrilege of Emperor Constantine of Rome, proclaiming the first day of the week, the day of the sun god, to be the day of rest instead of the seventh day, thanks to calendars the cycles of seven days have endured in many places like an unbroken chain through time for over five millennia.
What is the true of the day on the western side of the international date line?
it is one day before the day on the eastern side
