2006-06-15 08:01:43 · 12 answers · asked by cvy2000 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Scandavian gods and goddesses: Monday - Moonday or Luna-day; Tuesday - Twiga's day; Wednesday -Woden's day; Thursday - Thor's day; Friday - Fregya's day ; Saturday - Saturn's day (this is Roman); Sunday - Son's day (this is Roman)
2006-06-15 08:09:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Most of the days of the week are derived from a variety of mythologies, in the belief that the different days of the week were dedicated to a specific god. Thus, the moon's day is Monday (from Mani, the old Germanic moon god), Tuesday is for Tyr (the Norse god of war, equivalent to Mars or Ares), Wednesday is from the old English wodnes dei (or Woden's day, Odin being the king of the Norse gods), Thursday is Thor's day (Thor being the Norse god of thunder), Freya's day (Norse goddess of fertility and beauty) became Friday, Saturday is the only day that we keep from the Roman pantheon (dedicated to Saturn, Roman god of time) and Sunday originated in pre-Egyptian times when days were dedicated to the planets and the idea of dei solis was adopted by Germanic-speaking nations from the Romans around 100 AD.
2006-06-15 15:13:00 · answer #2 · answered by theyuks 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
* Monday: Monday gets its name from Mani (Old English Mona), the Germanic Moon god.
* Tuesday: Tuesday gets its name from the Nordic god of single combat and heroic glory in Norse mythology Tyr (in Old English, Tiw, Tew or Tiu).
* Wednesday: This name comes from the Old English Wodnesdæg meaning the day of the Germanic god Woden, more commonly known as Odin, who was the highest god in Norse mythology, and a prominent god of the Anglo-Saxons (and other places) in England until about the 7th C. AD.
* Thursday: The name Thursday comes from the Old English Ãunresdæg, meaning the day of Ãunor, commonly known in Modern English as Thor, the Germanic and Norse god of thunder.
* Friday: The name Friday comes from the Old English frigedæg, meaning the day of Frige, the Germanic goddess of beauty, who is a later incarnation of the Norse goddess Freya.
* Saturday: Saturday is the only day of the week to retain its Roman origin in English, named after the Roman god Saturn associated with the Titan Cronos, father of Zeus and many Olympians, calling it "dies Saturni," or "Saturn's Day."
* Sunday: In English, Sunday gets its name from Sunna, or Sunne the Germanic sun goddess.
2006-06-15 22:17:16 · answer #3 · answered by psicatt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sunday- day of the Sun
Monday-day of the Moon
Tuesday- this one is different, Day of Tyr/Mars, however many different associations of Tyr are observed, Tiu was a German alternative name for Scandinavian Tyr, also Mars was celbrated on this day in Roman cultures)
Wednesday- in German Wodenstag, Day of Woden/Odin (Old English spelled Wodne)
Thursday- Day of Thor
Friday- in German Feitag 3 accounts, Day of Freya, day of Frigg, Day of Freedom (freedom is Christian varient)
Saturday - Day of Saturn (Cronos) Roman
The days of the week are named after Roman influence, Old English influence, Germanic influence, Scandinavian influence and Christian influence
2006-06-15 18:20:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sunday - before Christianity was widespread, cultures worshipped the Sun god; when Christianity started taking over, one of the leaders wanted to keep a day to remember the previous worship.
2006-06-15 15:06:32 · answer #5 · answered by wlrhughes 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Norse gods, Norse being an old religion of Norway.
2006-06-15 15:05:51 · answer #6 · answered by Jason 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Norse gods
2006-06-16 18:22:21 · answer #7 · answered by trance_gemni 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sunday is for the sun, monday is for the moon, tuesday is for the Nordic God Tyr(God of War), wednesday is for the Germanic God Woden(God of the Anglo-Saxons), thursday is for Thor(God of Thunder), Friday is for Frigg(Wife of Woden, Goddess of Marriage) and Saturday is for Saturn(Roman God of Time).
2006-06-15 17:49:29 · answer #8 · answered by dancingqueen378 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
MOONday, SATURNday, SUNday, THORSday,others are from norse and runic words, old english.
2006-06-15 15:05:21 · answer #9 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
norse gods greek and roman gods
2006-06-15 15:54:54 · answer #10 · answered by roxy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋