Every Friday is Mother's day!

[Guest guest]

If the Western method of measuring a week by seven days is abolished,

us Orientalists would be counting time using the lunar days: first

day of the lunar month, second day, fourteen day, twenty-ninth day.

 

I find it interesting that the Western seven days are derived from

the Norse/Asatru traditions. Wednesday being God Woden's day,

Thursday - God Thor's, Tuesday - God Tyr's, and Friday - Goddess

Freya's day. Freya's very high status in the Asatru pantheon

corresponds to Devi's in the Hindu pantheon.

 

The point I am trying to put forth is: the general popularity of

designating Friday as a day to venerate or observe vratam for the

Supreme Goddess was not a predilection unique to the Hindus only, nor

can it be a mere coincidence that the origins of Friday itself has

associations with the Supreme Goddess of another non-Hindu spiritual

tradition (Freya, Asatru/Vanir). Perhaps Shaktism's old battle-cry

that Mother is universal carries more truth than we are prepared to

realize.

 

 

Iconically (and comically) speaking, it really does not take much to

transform Mother Durga into a Scandinavian diva. Just replace the

trident with a spear, the lion with a horse, dye Her hair blonde and

braid it, plop on a Norse helmut, and voila... Goddess Freya!

 

Jai Ma!