Saturday, June 4, 2016
Days of the Week
Sunday -- Sun's day
Monday -- Moon's day
Tuesday -- Tiu's day
Wednesday -- Woden's day
Thursday -- Thor's day
Friday -- Freya's day
Saturday -- Saturn's day
Tiu: Old English name for the Sky-God, Norse Mythology
Woden: Old Norse meaning "fury."
The Roman's had the same god named, "Mercury."
Notice: When a German met a Roman, they both believed in the god who represented "fury." So, to them, they believed they had different words for the same exact god. Good paper topic or Xtranormal video.
Freya: Norse mythology; goddess of love and fertility
Known as "Aphrodite" to the Greeks and "Venus" to the Romans.
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I honestly did not know that the day's of the week were dedicated to these god's! This is pretty interesting to know now!
ReplyDeleteI never knew that the Day's of the week were named after certain God's! This was an interesting read. I would like to look more in depth what these God's did and maybe how they can relate to these specific days.
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ReplyDeleteI clicked on this because the days of the week have been institutionalized and just a common concept. Looking into what these days are dedicated to is something extremely new to me. I would never have guessed that there are days dedicated to Gods!
We use these names for the days of the week without ever thinking about their origins or meanings. It makes me wonder how many other "words" we use everyday are named after Gods. It is very interesting how different cultures had different names for the same God.
ReplyDeleteThis is super interesting. I knew of the norse gods, but did not know they were all related to the greek and roman gods. Also, its interesting that we would name our days of the week after the norse gods and not the greek or roman gods because we talk so much more about greek and roman religion than we do about norse religion. Really interesting though!
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