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JulieBuckner: 1 year ago

How did the days of the week get their names?

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Sephira: 1 year ago | Last edited at 11:14AM on 5/17/2012

The days of the week got their names from the Norse Gods - Monday is Mani's day, Tuesday is Tyr's day, Wednesday is (W)Odin's day, Thursday is Thor's day, and Friday is Frigg's day, and Sunday is Sunna's day. Saturday is the only exception - which is named after the Roman God Staturn.

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JulieBuckner: 1 year ago

thanks!

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ClaraListensprechen: 1 year ago

...but only partly true. That's how the days of the week IN ENGLISH got their names, and you can thank Constantine's daddy for that one--and Constantine for keeping the calendar IN ENGLISH that way. In Europe, the days of the week were named for Roman gods.

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JulieBuckner: 1 year ago

interesting thank you.

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ClaraListensprechen: 1 year ago

Monday = Moon's Day, by the way.

Variations on the remainder:

Tiew rather than Tyr
Wodin rather than Odin
Fria rather than Frigg.

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JulieBuckner: 1 year ago

thanks again!

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Sephira: 1 year ago

@Clara - Mani is the Moon God in Norse Mythology and the day is named after him. Also the forms I gave are the Old Norse versions, your versions are the Germanic spellings.

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joyfernandes: 1 year ago

nice answer :)

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colvin17: 1 year ago

By the gods..........

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jordankassab: 1 year ago

By the Greek gods... that's why some of the days in different languages may sound alike.

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