WITCHES’ SABBATH

Friday is named for Frigga, the free-spirited goddess of love and fertility.
When Norse and Germanic tribes converted to Christianity, Frigga was banished in shame to a mountaintop and labeled a witch.
It was believed that every Friday, the spiteful goddess convened a meeting with eleven other witches, plus the devil — a gathering of thirteen — and plotted ill turns of fate for the coming week.
Friday was known as “Witches’ Sabbath.  Thus, Friday, The 13th is an “unlucky” day …for Christians….

Originally posted 2011-05-13 00:32:01. Republished by Blog Post Promoter