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> 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
by 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 agoWith 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.