I completely agree with your sentiment that all the "twelves" we see around us are echoes of long forgotten times. One of the earliest occurrences of such of which I am aware is that the Sumerians gave their deities specific numerical rank (12 ranks for 12 deities):
(Of course, one should use exquisite care in the wording. Perhaps these entities used a numerical ranking system among their "royalty", and the Sumerians simply recorded what they were told about it.)
For some reason, I expected to get blasted with both barrels, so I was delighted to see what you wrote. Thanks for the OP!
I completely agree with your sentiment that all the "twelves" we see around us are echoes of long forgotten times. One of the earliest occurrences of such of which I am aware is that the Sumerians gave their deities specific numerical rank (12 ranks for 12 deities):
How did the ranking system for the Sumerian pantheon work?
(Of course, one should use exquisite care in the wording. Perhaps these entities used a numerical ranking system among their "royalty", and the Sumerians simply recorded what they were told about it.)
For some reason, I expected to get blasted with both barrels, so I was delighted to see what you wrote. Thanks for the OP!