Gods, Heroes and Monsters

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What is remarkable, however,

What is remarkable, however,

ples, who originally inhabited areas in Central America now known as Guatemala, Mexico, Belize and El Salvador. Their culture flourished particularly in the period from about AD 950 up to the protracted Sp

It was in fact the Romans who first named the days of the week after the sun, the moon and five deities: Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn. You can still hear the remnants of those Roman names in the Spanish and French days of the week. The Nordics, however, took those Roman names for each day and simply switched their own corresponding god onto each one

The parallels can be heard in the order in which the world came into existence