Top Shocking facts about gods

1. Friday is named after the Norse goddess of love, Freya or Frigga.

2. The Nepalese goddess Chinnamasta is said to have cut off her head before carrying it off.

3. Tlazolteotl was the Aztec goddess of midwives, sin, adulterers, purification and steam baths.

4. Queen Victoria had a parrot called Coco which was taught to sing God Save The Queen.

5. The gas ammonia is named after Egyptian god Ammon. Ammonia was discovered when burning camel dung at the temple of Ammon in Libya.

6. The ancient Sumerians had a goddess of beer called Ninkasi.

7. In 1999 a Pennsylvania man tried to sue God for not granting him the skills to play the guitar. The case was thrown out.

8. Mars is named after the Roman god of war. Its moons Phobos (fear) and Deimos (panic) were the names of the horses that pulled his chariot.

9. The Norse god Odin had an eight-legged horse called Sleipnir which rode to the Underworld.

10. Now Sleipnir is the trade name for a type of stretcher used by undertakers.