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Meaning of the names of days

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Wotans_Fire
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United Kingdom294 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-18 23:54:58
May 18 2009 23:53 GMT
#1
Saturday is named after Saturn, Sunday is named after the Sun, Monday after the Moon.

The other four days are named after the other four planets in the old system of the planets from the medieval period. In those four days the norse names are used instead of the Roman ones; Tue is the norse mars, tyr. Wednesday the norse Wodan which is the equivalent of mercury, Thursday thor or jove which is jupiter and Friday Freya who is the norse goddess venus.

I'm sorry if this is common knowledge lol, but that is why we have seven days because only seven planets are seen with the naked eye.



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seppolevne
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Canada1681 Posts
May 18 2009 23:56 GMT
#2
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reincremate
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
China2215 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-19 00:02:54
May 18 2009 23:59 GMT
#3
I thought Thor, Freya, Tyr and Wodan/Odin were Norse gods only -- I never heard about them being planets. Any links?
FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11552 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-19 00:04:17
May 19 2009 00:04 GMT
#4
I always thought Tuesday was kinda like "two". Tue - two, same shit :D
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OreoBoi
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada1639 Posts
May 19 2009 00:11 GMT
#5
On May 19 2009 09:04 FragKrag wrote:
I always thought Tuesday was kinda like "two". Tue - two, same shit :D


OH SHIT, you're right
that just blew my mind!
Wotans_Fire
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United Kingdom294 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-19 00:17:49
May 19 2009 00:16 GMT
#6
On May 19 2009 08:59 reincremate wrote:
I thought Thor, Freya, Tyr and Wodan/Odin were Norse gods only -- I never heard about them being planets. Any links?


Well I think that tyr is definetely related to mars because he is the symbol of war in norse mythology I don't really have links. Odin you need to go to wikipedia and have a look
,Wednesday is named after Odin (Old English Wēdnes dæg, "Woden's day"). It is an early Germanic translation of the Latin dies Mercurii ("Mercury's day"),

Jupiter and thor represent similar powers (thunder and so on), Freya is quite obvious to be honest.
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CharlieMurphy
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United States22895 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-19 00:23:57
May 19 2009 00:21 GMT
#7
I remember reading something about the Goddess Freya also being a party/music god which is why we have Fridays for party nights.
Also Frigga http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigg
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reincremate
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
China2215 Posts
May 19 2009 00:43 GMT
#8
Oh, I see now (apparently I was too dumb to infer this from the OP). When naming the days of the week, the British drew parallels with Norse and Greek mythology, which were formed completely independent of each other. But maybe the names don't refer to the Greek gods at all.

Most ancient gods had counterparts in other cultures/belief systems, like Thor and the Hittite weather god. There is always a god of thunder in most ancient polytheistic "religions" (for lack of a better word).
Carnivorous Sheep
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Baa?21243 Posts
May 19 2009 00:48 GMT
#9
On May 19 2009 09:04 FragKrag wrote:
I always thought Tuesday was kinda like "two". Tue - two, same shit :D


Except Tuesday is the third day of the week.
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Wotans_Fire
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United Kingdom294 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-19 01:02:08
May 19 2009 00:56 GMT
#10
On May 19 2009 09:43 reincremate wrote:
Oh, I see now (apparently I was too dumb to infer this from the OP). When naming the days of the week, the British drew parallels with Norse and Greek mythology, which were formed completely independent of each other. But maybe the names don't refer to the Greek gods at all.

Most ancient gods had counterparts in other cultures/belief systems, like Thor and the Hittite weather god. There is always a god of thunder in most ancient polytheistic "religions" (for lack of a better word).


tirsdag ?
onsdag?
torsdag?
fredag?

I don't know why you are butt hurt to be honest
The British were very influenced by both norse and roman mythology
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plated.rawr
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Norway1676 Posts
May 19 2009 01:32 GMT
#11
Well, keeping in line with the thought of a nordic origin, saturday's attributed to hygiene. Saturday, being lørdag, from laugardag, which directly translates to "bathing day".

I guess you can attribute monday to the day of the moon, which is pretty simiilar in norwegian at least (måne), but sunday doesn't fit in as far as I can tell as the sun's called sol.

Anyhow, where's what I dragged off encyclopedia mythica. Putting it in spoilers to save space.

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Origin of the names of the days

The names of the days are in some cases derived from Teutonic deities or, such as in Romance languages, from Roman deities. The early Romans, around the first century, used Saturday as the first day of the week. As the worshipping of the Sun increased, the Sun's day (Sunday) advanced from position of the second day to the first day of the week (and saturday became the seventh day).

Sunday
The name comes from the Latin dies solis, meaning "sun's day": the name of a pagan Roman holiday. It is also called Dominica (Latin), the Day of God. The Romance languages, languages derived from the ancient Latin language (such as French, Spanish, and Italian), retain the root.

French: dimanche; Italian: domenica; Spanish: domingo
German: Sonntag; Dutch: zondag. [both: 'sun-day']

Monday
The name comes from the Anglo-Saxon monandaeg, "the moon's day". This second day was sacred to the goddess of the moon.

French: lundi; Italian: lunedi. Spanish: lunes. [from Luna, "Moon"]
German: Montag; Dutch: maandag. [both: 'moon-day']

Tuesday
This day was named after the Norse god Tyr. The Romans named this day after their war-god Mars: dies Martis.

French: mardi; Italian: martedi; Spanish: martes.
The Germans call Dienstag (meaning "Assembly Day"), in The Netherlands it is known as dinsdag, in Danmark as tirsdag and in Sweden tisdag.

Wednesday
The day named to honor Wodan (Odin).
The Romans called it dies Mercurii, after their god Mercury.

French: mercredi; Italian: mercoledi; Spanish: miércoles.
German: Mittwoch; Dutch: woensdag.

Thursday
The day named after the Norse god Thor. In the Norse languages this day is called Torsdag.
The Romans named this day dies Jovis ("Jove's Day"), after Jove or Jupiter, their most important god.

French: jeudi; Italian: giovedi; Spanish: jueves.
German: Donnerstag; Dutch: donderdag.

Friday
The day in honor of the Norse goddess Frigg.
In Old High German this day was called frigedag.
To the Romans this day was sacred to the goddess Venus, and was known as dies veneris.

French: vendredi; Italian: venerdi; Spanish: viernes.
German: Freitag ; Dutch: vrijdag.

Saturday
This day was called dies Saturni, "Saturn's Day", by the ancient Romans in honor of Saturn. In Anglo-Saxon: sater daeg.

French: samedi; Italian: sabato; Spanish: sábádo.
German: Samstag; Dutch: zaterdag.
Swedish: Lördag; and in Danish and Norse: Lørdag ("washing day").


Seems like it's all a mishmash of various influences. Fair enough, I suppose.
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StormSnarlX
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
United States278 Posts
May 19 2009 01:56 GMT
#12
On May 19 2009 09:48 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 19 2009 09:04 FragKrag wrote:
I always thought Tuesday was kinda like "two". Tue - two, same shit :D


Except Tuesday is the third day of the week.


brutal... i loled
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reincremate
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
China2215 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-19 02:08:14
May 19 2009 02:00 GMT
#13
On May 19 2009 09:56 Wotans_Fire wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 19 2009 09:43 reincremate wrote:
Oh, I see now (apparently I was too dumb to infer this from the OP). When naming the days of the week, the British drew parallels with Norse and Greek mythology, which were formed completely independent of each other. But maybe the names don't refer to the Greek gods at all.

Most ancient gods had counterparts in other cultures/belief systems, like Thor and the Hittite weather god. There is always a god of thunder in most ancient polytheistic "religions" (for lack of a better word).


tirsdag ?
onsdag?
torsdag?
fredag?

I don't know why you are butt hurt to be honest
The British were very influenced by both norse and roman mythology


What gave you the impression that I was in any way offended or upset? The fact that I questioned whether the days of the week referred to Roman gods? I wasn't debating anything, just speculating. You could have simply shown my speculation was wrong.

Edit: Oh you probably interpreted my saying "apparently i was too dumb..." as sarcasm. what I meant was: "I should've realized that earlier".
IntoTheWow
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
is awesome32275 Posts
May 19 2009 02:02 GMT
#14
On May 19 2009 09:48 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 19 2009 09:04 FragKrag wrote:
I always thought Tuesday was kinda like "two". Tue - two, same shit :D


Except Tuesday is the third day of the week.


hahah
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ThaddeusK
Profile Joined July 2008
United States231 Posts
May 19 2009 02:46 GMT
#15
On May 19 2009 09:48 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 19 2009 09:04 FragKrag wrote:
I always thought Tuesday was kinda like "two". Tue - two, same shit :D


Except Tuesday is the third day of the week.


depends where you live

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven-day_week#Week_number
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66224 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-19 03:01:55
May 19 2009 03:00 GMT
#16
In asia:

(Korea -> Chinese/Japanese Kanji -> Japanese Romanji)
월요일 -> 月曜日 -> Getsuyoubi
화요일 -> 火曜日 -> Kayoubi
수요일 -> 水曜日 -> Suiyoubi
목요일 -> 木曜日 -> Mokuyoubi
금요일 -> 金曜日 -> Kinyoubi
토요일 -> 土曜日 -> Doyoubi
일요일 -> 日曜日 -> Nichiyoubi

Monday -> Moon
Tuesday -> Fire
Wednesday -> Water
Thursday -> Wood
Friday -> Gold
Saturday -> Earth/Dirty/Mud
Sunday -> Sun

Kinda uses the elements that were thought to make up the universe lol.
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