Twelve as a mysthic and mythological number is quite interesting:
in 12 are the first two numbers (1 and 2) (resambles something like like yin and yang)
in 12 there are the first three numbers (1+2=3)
in 12 are the first four numbers - the numbers of the Tetraktys (12 = 3*4 -> (1+2+3+4) = 10 (malkuth)
12 has more dividers then the numbers before (1,2,3,4,6,12). That may the reason it was choosen as a basic number for systems ( hours on the clock, months in the year)
Old masons had a rope which was divided in 12 parts. If you bild a triangel from it with side-lenghts of 3,4,5 you get a right angle.
The gnostics emanation knowed 12 aeons.
12 signs on the zodiac - in China and in the West
12 book of judges, 12 prophets, 12 tribes of israel (from 12 sons of Jakob)
the jewish high-priest had 12 emeralds on his pentacel
12 disciples of Jesu, 12 apostel
12 fruits on the Tree of Life
12 stars in crown of Marie
12 gates of Jerusalem
12 Imams of the Shia Islam
12 titans of the greeks
12 gods in the pantheon
12 Rays of Light from the crown of Sun-god Apoll
12 children of earth-goddess Niobe
12 labors for Heracles
12 gods in the pantheon of Rom (and the Etrusks and Hethits)
12 altars for Janus (one of the oldes of the gods)
12 halls of aesirs in Asgard
12 companions of Siegfried
12 knights on the Table of King Arthur in Camelot
12 paladins of Emperor Karl the Great
etc, etc....
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