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

0:00 [SPEAKER_01]: Welcome to another bonus episode of calm history, an extra treat from my so-plus members. [SPEAKER_01]: This is the word origins of the 12 months. [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, [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, [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. [SPEAKER_01]: But for now, lean back, put up your feet, and allow some calm history to distract and relax [SPEAKER_01]: the 12 months of the year, history, origins, and fun facts.

1:55 [SPEAKER_00]: Let me begin with a confession. [SPEAKER_01]: I don't like the calendar. [SPEAKER_01]: It's too difficult for my wee walnut brain. [SPEAKER_01]: Firstly, I can't remember the specific dates of many U.S. holidays. [SPEAKER_01]: I cringe whenever someone says something like, [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. [SPEAKER_01]: They might as well have said to me, hey Harris, how about we get together on Guba Guba Day? [SPEAKER_01]: I also have no idea about the date of Memorial Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Thanksgiving, [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? [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, July 4th, EZPC. [SPEAKER_01]: My second major brain defect about the calendar is that I don't know how many days [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. [SPEAKER_01]: Here's what I can recall right now. [SPEAKER_01]: 30 days has December, April, maybe I can't remember. [SPEAKER_01]: All the rest have a bunch of days, unless the moon is in full phase. [SPEAKER_01]: I don't think that's correct. [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. [SPEAKER_01]: Maybe not. [SPEAKER_01]: I have no idea what's going on with Leap Year. [SPEAKER_01]: Okay. [SPEAKER_01]: Enough about what I don't like about the calendar. [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. [SPEAKER_01]: Let's begin with January. [SPEAKER_01]: January is named after Janice, the Roman god of doorways, transitions, and beginnings. [SPEAKER_01]: This makes great sense. [SPEAKER_01]: January is the doorway, the transition, and the beginning [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. [SPEAKER_01]: This is why this symbol of Janice is a single head with two faces. [SPEAKER_01]: One face looks forward into the future of the new year. [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. [SPEAKER_01]: Today, someone may call someone else [SPEAKER_01]: At one time, this may have meant that the person was good at understanding the past and predicting the future. [SPEAKER_01]: But it doesn't mean that anymore. [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 [SPEAKER_01]: So how did Janis get two faces? [SPEAKER_01]: Let's crack open the dusty book of Roman mythology to find out. [SPEAKER_01]: Long ago, the god Jupiter banished the god Saturn from Greece. [SPEAKER_01]: As a result, Saturn was now homeless. [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. [SPEAKER_01]: Now, here is my nitpicky problem with the whole story of Janus. [SPEAKER_01]: If one face sees the past and one face sees the future, how does Janus see the present [SPEAKER_01]: shouldn't he have three faces?

7:10 [SPEAKER_01]: And also, how does his two mouths work? [SPEAKER_01]: Does one mouth eat rotten food that would prepare the last month? [SPEAKER_01]: While the other mouth is always salivating, as it [SPEAKER_01]: I'm sure Greek scholars have ironed all these kinks out. [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. [SPEAKER_01]: As you may know, most Roman gods have a Greek god equivalent. [SPEAKER_01]: Do you know the Greek versions of Jupiter and Saturn? [SPEAKER_01]: The answer is, Zeus and Kronos. [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. [SPEAKER_01]: which now begs the question, who is the Greek God equivalent of Channus? [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. [SPEAKER_01]: Don't stress your wall not too hard. [SPEAKER_01]: The answer is. [SPEAKER_01]: Janice is one of the few Roman gods who doesn't have a Greek equivalent. [SPEAKER_01]: Here is a list of six other Roman gods who also don't have a Greek equivalent. [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. [SPEAKER_01]: They are, tavernous, terminus, and quernus. [SPEAKER_01]: The other three Roman deities without Greek equivalents sound like the spouses of the three [SPEAKER_01]: They are Roma, Pomona, and Balona.

9:48 [SPEAKER_01]: Let's wrap up January with some quick and quirky facts. [SPEAKER_01]: January wasn't always the first month of the year. [SPEAKER_01]: It used to be March. [SPEAKER_01]: January has not always had 31 days. [SPEAKER_01]: It used to have 29 days until Caesar changed it in 46 BC. [SPEAKER_01]: And my favorite fact about this month, the word, [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. [SPEAKER_01]: Let's move on to February. [SPEAKER_01]: that was just a tasty nibble of a silk plus bonus episode to hear the full version and over 130 more episodes of calm history then just become a silk plus member. [SPEAKER_01]: None of the silk plus [SPEAKER_01]: For example, you can enjoy a 5-hour episode about Henry Ford, a 3-hour episode about the Titanic, several 2-hour episodes about pearls, or UFOs, or reindeer, or even Charlie Chaplin, [SPEAKER_01]: There are many one-hour episodes that cover big foot, famous castaways, prohibition, pirates, [SPEAKER_01]: and even the history of uranium, oil, coal, and salt.

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