Today is Friday. Yeah! You might say, "So what?" Everybody knows today is Friday. Arh....do you know that the day is the only day of the week named for a woman. Wow! Who's this lady? Well she is a Norse Goddess called Frigga who was believed to be the wife of Odin. Frigga was the goddess of marriage and the hearth.
In olden times, the Romans had named this day for their goddess of beauty, Venus. They called it "dies veneris". When the Germanic tribes invaded England they imposed their goddess upon the day meant to honour Venus. The day was called frigedaeg, it has been corrupted over the centuries (since the 500's) to be "Friday".
And that my friends was why Friday is called such.
** The above pictures were taken today at a Teacher's and Staff Club Do to celebrate the birthdays of memberswhose birthdays fall on February. In the first picture, I am with Zainal who is the president of the club and Kamariah whose birthday is tomorrow is in the second picture with me.
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