has been selected because the eastern nations

consider it the

Emblem and cradle of creative night."

It was anciently revered in Egypt, as it is at present in Hindostan, Tibet, and Nepal, where they believe that it was in the consecrated bosom of this plant, that Brahma was born; and on which Osiris delighted to float.

This day derives its name from moon and

day, it being anciently set aside for the worship of the changing luminary of the night.

"Queen of the silver bow!-by thy pale beam.
Alone and pensive, I delight to stray,

And watch thy shadow trembling in the stream,
Or mark the floating clouds that cross thy way.
And while I gaze, thy mild and placid light

Sheds a soft calm upon my troubled breast:
And oft I think-fair planet of the night,

That in thy orb the wretched may have rest:
The sufferers of the earth perhaps may go,
Releas'd by death-to thy benignant sphere;
And the sad children of despair and woe
Forget, in thee, the cup of sorrow here."

Charlotte Smith.

TUESDAY.

The symbolical leaf of Tuesday is divided into the waters and the heavens, which are distinguished by one half being light, and the other blue or sea green.

This day is called Tuesday after the Saxon name which signifies the day of Mars, "the dreadful god of war," and from hence the French call it Mardi.

WEDNESDAY.

The emblematical leaf for this day is divided into three colours, light for the heavens, blue for the waters, and green for the earth.

"Th' imprison'd sea, that restless ebbs and flows,
The fluctuating fields of liquid air,

And the wide regions of the land, proclaim

The power divine, that rais'd the mighty frame."

Blackmore.

Wednesday takes its derivation from the Goths, who named it after their god Woden, or Odin. Scandinavian Mythology informs us, that Odin put off his mortality in Sweden, declaring, that he was going into Scythia to join the deities at the immortal banquet, where he would receive those who died with arms in their hands. The Swedes call this day Odensday, it being most probably the day on which that great warrior died.

"I was rock'd in giants' cradle,
Giants' lore my wisdom gave;.

I have known both good and evil,
Now I lie in lowly grave."

Herbert's Helga.

THURSDAY.

This day is represented by a green lotus

leaf, in which is placed the flower as figurative of the luminary then created.

"Nature's high birth her heavenly beauties show;
By every feature we the parent know.

Th' expanded spheres amazing to the sight,
Magnificent with stars and globes of light."

Blackstone.

Thursday may be drawn or represented by any leaf on which are placed daisies or other star flowers.

This day was dedicated to Thor, the son of Odin; we appear to have corrupted the name from the Danish, Thorsgday.

FRIDAY.

"Let the earth bring forth the living creature."

The emblem of this day is an insect feeding on a leaf.

The etymology of Friday, Frea's-day, is derived from Freya, Frea, or Frigga, a Saxon deity, who was wife to Odin. She was wor

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shipped by most of the German tribes, and her principal temple was at Upsal.

SATURDAY.

"I have given you every herb bearing seed, and every tree, in which is the fruit."

The hieroglyphic leaf for Saturday is therefore filled with fruit.

"The toil-worn cotter frae his labour goes,
This night his weekly moil is at an end;
Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes,
Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend."
Burns.

Etymologists disagree respecting the derivation of the word Saturday. Some suppose it to have been so called after the Grecian deity Saturn, but as the other days of the week owe their names to the Scandinavians, it is most reasonable to surmise that this day was named after the Saxon idol sæteɲ.