days of the week
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Days of the week
word origins
Nobody really knows why there
are seven days in a week. Possibly
could be that there was one day of the
week for each of the seven visible
planets: Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury,
Venus, Jupiter and Saturn.
Monday Monday is from old English Mondaeg
and means “day of the Moon”. It was
dedicated to the Moon.
Tuesday Tuesday is an Anglo-Saxon name
honouring the god of war called Tiw.
It is pronounced “tue”. It was
dedicated to Mars.
Wednesday Wednesday is an Anglo- Saxon name
honouring the god Odin or Woden. It
was dedicated to Mercury.
Thursday Thursday is an Anglo-Saxon name and
means “day of thunder”. It was
dedicated to Jupiter.
Friday Friday is from old English Frigedaeg,
and is named after Norse the goddess
“Frig” who was the wife of Odin. It
was dedicated to Venus.
Saturday Saturday is named after the Roman
god “Saturn”.
Sunday Sunday means “day of the sun”. It was
dedicated to the Sun.
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