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That sounds quite sensible. From memory, our (en_GB) weekdays are named like this: Monday -> Moon day Tuesday -> Tiw's day (Norse) Wednesday -> Woden's day

That sounds quite sensible. From memory, our (en_GB) weekdays are named like this: Monday -> Moon day Tuesday -> Tiw's day (Norse) Wednesday -> Woden's day (Norse - Odin - chief god, one eye, two ravens) Thursday -> Thor's day (Norse - god with a massive hammer) Friday -> Freya's day (Norse, rode a chariot drawn by cats) Saturday -> Saturn's day (Roman, also: Saturnalia is the winter festival that eventually became Christmas) Sunday -> Sun day

el-salvador 4y ago
> That sounds quite sensible. From memory, our (en_GB) weekdays are named like this: Spanish and English follow a similar day naming convention. But the god's name needs to be translated from Norse Mitology to Roman Mitology first [1] Lunes/Monday -> Moon/Luna Martes/Tuesday -> Tiw/Mars Miercoles/Wednesday -> Woden/Mercury Jueves/Thursday -> Thunraz/Jupiter Viernes/Friday -> Frig/Venus Sábado/Saturday -> Saturn/Saturno [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpretatio_graeca https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpretatio_graeca
- rodric 4y ago
  With the exception of Saturday. Tacitus associated the Hebrew sabbath («sábado») with Saturn, but the word for the day itself is not «saturno» as it would be if it were like English.
GolfPopper 4y ago
I'd always thought (though I don't have a specific source I can recall), that the seven days of the week was drawn from the seven non-fixed celestial bodies visible ot the naked eye: the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. The planets were frequently associated with and named after deities, so the days of the week also have the names of deities.
IncRnd 4y ago
Friday literally means Day of Frigg (Old English), referring to Frigga, the wife of Odin. Yes, Freya is believed to be the same goddess as Frigga, but the day is named after Frigga not Freya.
Accacin 4y ago
Thurday would probably be 'Þunor's Day' instead of Thor as it's Old English :)

el-salvador 4y ago

> That sounds quite sensible. From memory, our (en_GB) weekdays are named like this: Spanish and English follow a similar day naming convention. But the god's name needs to be translated from Norse Mitology to Roman Mitology first [1] Lunes/Monday -> Moon/Luna Martes/Tuesday -> Tiw/Mars Miercoles/Wednesday -> Woden/Mercury Jueves/Thursday -> Thunraz/Jupiter Viernes/Friday -> Frig/Venus Sábado/Saturday -> Saturn/Saturno [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpretatio_graeca https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpretatio_graeca

rodric 4y ago
With the exception of Saturday. Tacitus associated the Hebrew sabbath («sábado») with Saturn, but the word for the day itself is not «saturno» as it would be if it were like English.

GolfPopper 4y ago

I'd always thought (though I don't have a specific source I can recall), that the seven days of the week was drawn from the seven non-fixed celestial bodies visible ot the naked eye: the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. The planets were frequently associated with and named after deities, so the days of the week also have the names of deities.

IncRnd 4y ago

Friday literally means Day of Frigg (Old English), referring to Frigga, the wife of Odin. Yes, Freya is believed to be the same goddess as Frigga, but the day is named after Frigga not Freya.

Accacin 4y ago

Thurday would probably be 'Þunor's Day' instead of Thor as it's Old English :)