# *Sample* | The 12 Months of the Year: Roman Mythology, Greek Mythology, & Fun Facts | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History (Bonus Episode #110)

An episode of [Calm History (not A.I. & no loud ads) - Bedtime Sleep Stories for Education & Relaxation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1620275436), 17 Jul 2023, 14 min.

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## Transcript

[0:00] \[SPEAKER_01\]: Welcome to another bonus episode of calm history, an extra treat from my so-plus members.
[0:10] \[SPEAKER_01\]: This is the word origins of the 12 months.
[0:17] \[SPEAKER_01\]: Long ago, in bonus episode number 3, I explained the history and meaning behind the names of countries from all across the globe,
[0:28] \[SPEAKER_01\]: In this episode, I'll tell you the history and meaning behind the names of the months on our current calendar.
[0:38] \[SPEAKER_01\]: This will include a lot of bizarre stories and fun facts about Roman mythology, Greek mythology, and ancient Rome, as well as related word origins about astronomy, janitors,
[0:58] \[SPEAKER_01\]: Cameras, rabbits, food, biology, money, sea sections, Rihanna, Game of Thrones, and the NCAA Basketball Tournament.
[1:16] \[SPEAKER_01\]: In the near future, I'll stitch these two episodes together, so my so-called most members can enjoy an extended episode all about the history and origins of common words.
[1:32] \[SPEAKER_01\]: But for now, lean back, put up your feet, and allow some calm history to distract and relax
[1:47] \[SPEAKER_01\]: the 12 months of the year, history, origins, and fun facts.
[1:55] \[SPEAKER_00\]: Let me begin with a confession.
[1:59] \[SPEAKER_01\]: I don't like the calendar.
[2:02] \[SPEAKER_01\]: It's too difficult for my wee walnut brain.
[2:07] \[SPEAKER_01\]: Firstly, I can't remember the specific dates of many U.S. holidays.
[2:15] \[SPEAKER_01\]: I cringe whenever someone says something like,
[2:23] \[SPEAKER_01\]: I have no idea when that is, I don't know the date, or even the month of Labor Day.
[2:32] \[SPEAKER_00\]: I'm not kidding.
[2:34] \[SPEAKER_01\]: They might as well have said to me, hey Harris, how about we get together on Guba Guba Day?
[2:42] \[SPEAKER_01\]: I also have no idea about the date of Memorial Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Thanksgiving,
[2:54] \[SPEAKER_01\]: If it makes you feel better, I do know the dates of Valentine's Day.
[3:00] \[SPEAKER_01\]: Halloween, Christmas, New Year's Eve, and the best named U.S. holiday ever?
[3:08] \[SPEAKER_01\]: Yeah, July 4th, EZPC.
[3:14] \[SPEAKER_01\]: My second major brain defect about the calendar is that I don't know how many days
[3:24] \[SPEAKER_01\]: Oh, but Harris, why don't you just memorize that handy little rhyme?
[3:29] \[SPEAKER_01\]: Oh, I'll have to ride.
[3:33] \[SPEAKER_01\]: Here's what I can recall right now.
[3:39] \[SPEAKER_01\]: 30 days has December, April, maybe I can't remember.
[3:46] \[SPEAKER_01\]: All the rest have a bunch of days, unless the moon is in full phase.
[3:52] \[SPEAKER_01\]: I don't think that's correct.
[3:55] \[SPEAKER_01\]: And then there's that whole leap year thing.
[3:59] \[SPEAKER_01\]: Where every other month that ends in the letter Y, it's an extra hour-durned solstice.
[4:06] \[SPEAKER_01\]: Maybe not.
[4:07] \[SPEAKER_01\]: I have no idea what's going on with Leap Year.
[4:11] \[SPEAKER_01\]: Okay.
[4:12] \[SPEAKER_01\]: Enough about what I don't like about the calendar.
[4:16] \[SPEAKER_01\]: Let me tell you what I do like about the calendar.
[4:20] \[SPEAKER_01\]: I like fun facts related to the name of each month.
[4:26] \[SPEAKER_01\]: Let's begin with January.
[4:30] \[SPEAKER_01\]: January is named after Janice, the Roman god of doorways, transitions, and beginnings.
[4:40] \[SPEAKER_01\]: This makes great sense.
[4:43] \[SPEAKER_01\]: January is the doorway, the transition, and the beginning
[4:51] \[SPEAKER_01\]: Janice the Roman God was able to see the past and the present at once.
[4:59] \[SPEAKER_01\]: Janice could look in the past and look into the future.
[5:04] \[SPEAKER_01\]: This is why this symbol of Janice is a single head with two faces.
[5:13] \[SPEAKER_01\]: One face looks forward into the future of the new year.
[5:18] \[SPEAKER_01\]: And the other face looks backwards into the past of the prior year.
[5:25] \[SPEAKER_01\]: Yeah, no one's sneaking up on this dude.
[5:31] \[SPEAKER_01\]: Today, someone may call someone else
[5:39] \[SPEAKER_01\]: At one time, this may have meant that the person was good at understanding the past and predicting the future.
[5:48] \[SPEAKER_01\]: But it doesn't mean that anymore.
[5:51] \[SPEAKER_01\]: Today, being too faced means that you say one thing to one person, and then you say the opposite to another person.
[6:02] \[SPEAKER_01\]: Being
[6:08] \[SPEAKER_01\]: So how did Janis get two faces?
[6:12] \[SPEAKER_01\]: Let's crack open the dusty book of Roman mythology to find out.
[6:19] \[SPEAKER_01\]: Long ago, the god Jupiter banished the god Saturn from Greece.
[6:27] \[SPEAKER_01\]: As a result, Saturn was now homeless.
[6:31] \[SPEAKER_01\]: Until Janis welcomed Saturn to Italy.
[6:36] \[SPEAKER_01\]: Saturn was so thankful that he gave Janus the magical gift of seeing both the past and the future at the same time.
[6:48] \[SPEAKER_01\]: Now, here is my nitpicky problem with the whole story of Janus.
[6:55] \[SPEAKER_01\]: If one face sees the past and one face sees the future, how does Janus see the present
[7:06] \[SPEAKER_01\]: shouldn't he have three faces?
[7:10] \[SPEAKER_01\]: And also, how does his two mouths work?
[7:15] \[SPEAKER_01\]: Does one mouth eat rotten food that would prepare the last month?
[7:20] \[SPEAKER_01\]: While the other mouth is always salivating, as it
[7:29] \[SPEAKER_01\]: I'm sure Greek scholars have ironed all these kinks out.
[7:34] \[SPEAKER_01\]: I'm just too lazy to go look it up.
[7:38] \[SPEAKER_01\]: Let's go back to our Roman myth of Jupiter, Banishing Saturn.
[7:45] \[SPEAKER_01\]: As you may know, most Roman gods have a Greek god equivalent.
[7:51] \[SPEAKER_01\]: Do you know the Greek versions of Jupiter and Saturn?
[7:57] \[SPEAKER_01\]: The answer is, Zeus and Kronos.
[8:03] \[SPEAKER_01\]: If you didn't know that, then here's one you may be able to get.
[8:10] \[SPEAKER_01\]: If Neptune is the Roman God of the Sea, who is the Greek God of the Sea, the answer is Poseidon.
[8:23] \[SPEAKER_01\]: which now begs the question, who is the Greek God equivalent of Channus?
[8:32] \[SPEAKER_01\]: If you get this correct, I'll leap out of this tiny speaker and sprinkle some glitter on your head.
[8:40] \[SPEAKER_01\]: Here's a hint.
[8:42] \[SPEAKER_01\]: Don't stress your wall not too hard.
[8:46] \[SPEAKER_01\]: The answer is.
[8:48] \[SPEAKER_01\]: Janice is one of the few Roman gods who doesn't have a Greek equivalent.
[8:55] \[SPEAKER_01\]: Here is a list of six other Roman gods who also don't have a Greek equivalent.
[9:02] \[SPEAKER_01\]: I have never heard any of these before, so don't feel bad if they are also unfamiliar to you.
[9:10] \[SPEAKER_01\]: For these first three, I won't say their names sound nerdy, but I do feel like these three guys would know their way around in happiness.
[9:24] \[SPEAKER_01\]: They are, tavernous, terminus, and quernus.
[9:31] \[SPEAKER_01\]: The other three Roman deities without Greek equivalents sound like the spouses of the three
[9:42] \[SPEAKER_01\]: They are Roma, Pomona, and Balona.
[9:48] \[SPEAKER_01\]: Let's wrap up January with some quick and quirky facts.
[9:54] \[SPEAKER_01\]: January wasn't always the first month of the year.
[9:59] \[SPEAKER_01\]: It used to be March.
[10:02] \[SPEAKER_01\]: January has not always had 31 days.
[10:07] \[SPEAKER_01\]: It used to have 29 days until Caesar changed it in 46 BC.
[10:15] \[SPEAKER_01\]: And my favorite fact about this month, the word,
[10:24] \[SPEAKER_01\]: You see, Janice is the God of doors and doorways, and Janitors held the keys to all the doors in a building.
[10:36] \[SPEAKER_01\]: So Janitors were named after Janice.
[10:42] \[SPEAKER_01\]: Let's move on to February.
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