2006-07-31 20:17:05 · 6 answers · asked by cai 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Sunday - Derived from the Latin dies solis, "sun's day," a pagan Roman holiday.
Monday - Derived from the Anglo-Saxon monandaeg, which means "the moon's day." Latin: dies lunae, "day of the moon."
Tuesday - Named for the Norse god of war, Tiu, or Tyr, the son of Odin.
Wednesday - Named to honor Odin, or Woden, chief god in Norse mythology. Onsdag in Sweden and Denmark.
Thursday - Named for Thor, Norse god of thunder. Torsdag in Sweden and Denmark.
Friday - Named for the Norse goddess of love, Frigg, or Frija. Variation of the Old High German frìatag, "day of Frija."
Saturday - Named in honor of the Roman god Saturn. Latin: Saturni. Sater-daeg by the Anglo-Saxons.
The Romans and the Greeks had the same stories with different names for some of the gods.. Saturn is the Roman god of agriculture while the Greek god of agriculture is Cronos.
2006-07-31 20:26:14 · answer #1 · answered by LstCaress 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have never heard of a connection between the days of the week and the greek gods and godesses. On another note, my favorite greek goddess is Demeter!
2006-07-31 20:28:25 · answer #2 · answered by In God's Image 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is what the Julius Cesar said they were to be called kind of like A.D. Which is anno Domini literally translated into "The year of our Lord Julius Cesar and they are Roman Gods not greek
2006-07-31 20:21:30 · answer #3 · answered by Amber 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are no days named after Greek gods.
SUN-day and MON-day are named after the sun and the moon.
TUES-day, WEDNES-day, THURS-day and FRI-day are named after the NORDIC/GERMANIC gods Tyr (or Tiw), Wodan, Thor and Freya respectively.
SATURday comes from Saturn the ROMAN god of agriculture.
2006-07-31 20:26:36 · answer #4 · answered by Hi y´all ! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as far as i know, none...
there is some connection with old norse gods..
wednesday with Odin and thursday with Thor
Saturday may have something to do with Saturn, but he was a roman god, not greek
o and AD means the year of our lord (jesus christ). as opposed to BC (before christ, not before caesar). the callendar we use counts the years from the estimated year of chrit's birth.
2006-07-31 20:22:59 · answer #5 · answered by gwenwifar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
none that I know of
2006-07-31 20:21:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋