So what do YOU call the days? YOU use the PAGAN names?

Question

Monday is the second day of the week, day of moon goddess, Selene, Luna and Mani.
Derived from Lunae Dies, day of the moon, the name reflects the ancient observance of feast days dedicated to moon goddess or planet.
The metal silver, dedicated to the moon, is associated with Monday.
Tuesday is the third day of the week. In the Roman calendar the corresponding day was dies Martis, the day of Mars, associated with Ares. Tiw's day is derived from Tyr or Tir, the god of honorable war, the wrestler and the son of Odin and, or Woden, the Norse god of war and Frigga, the earth mother. His emblem is the sword, and in olden days the people paid him great homage. Tuesday was named in his honor
Wednesday, the fourth day of the week, corresponds to the Roman Dies Mercurii. The name derives from the Scandinavian Woden (Odin), chief god of Norse mythology, who was often called the All Father.
Quicksilver, a liquid mercury that contains amounts of the platinum group metals, has been interpreted as the caduceus of the Greek Hermes (Mercury in Roman myth), and is therefore an attribute of Wednesday.

Thursday is the fifth day of the week. It derives its name from the Middle English Thoresday, or Thursdaye, corresponding to the Roman dies Jovis.
Thor, the god of strength and thunder, defender and help in war, son of Odin, is the counterpart of Jupiter or Jove. Thor is one of the twelve great gods of northern mythology. He is the only god who cannot cross from earth to heaven upon the rainbow, for he is so heavy and powerful that the gods fear it will break under his weight. It was said that whenever Thor threw his hammer, the noise of thunder is heard through the heavens. Thursday was sacred to Thor.

The metal tin is associated with the thunderbolt of Jupiter (Zeus in Greek myth) and is an attribute of Thursday

Answer 1

Are you having fun yet?

Answer 2

I wonder if the hejira has different names of the week? I'm sure it does.

In the Baha'I calendar (Badí‘ calendar), we have our own names of the days, months, and 19-yr cycles. We don't use the Pagan calendar. The names of the days, months, and vahids (19 yr cycles) are attributes of God.

Below is our calendar. Since the Baha'i Faith started in Iran, the Arabic is spoken in the Persian dialect. Anywhere you see an English "V" below, the true Arabic is "W." I say this because there are lots of Arabs who read this and will correct me otherwise. Yes, we're aware of it, but we go by the Persian dialect.

Also, where it says "Translit." I meant Transliteration.

Here goes, I hope it pastes well!

WEEKDAYS
Arab Name Arab Script English Gregorian
Jalál جلال Glory Saturday
Jamál جمال Beauty Sunday
Kamál كمال Perfection Monday
Fiḍál فضال Grace Tuesday
‘Idál عدال Justice Wednesday
Istijlál استجلال Majesty Thursday
Istiqlál استقلال Independence Friday


MONTHS (19 days long each)
Arab Name Arab Script English Gregorian
Bahá’ بهاء Splendour 21 Mar - 8 Apr
Jalál جلال Glory 9 Apr - 27 Apr
Jamál جمال Beauty 28 Apr - 16 May
‘Aẓamat عظمة Grandeur 17 May - 4 Jun
Núr نور Light 5 Jun - 23 Jun
Raḥmat رحمة Mercy 24 Jun - 12 Jul
Kalimát كلمات Words 13 Jul - 31 Jul
Kamál كمال Perfection 1 Aug - 19 Aug
Asmá’ اسماء Names 20 Aug - 7 Sep
‘Izzat عزة Might 8 Sep - 26 Sep
Mashíyyat مشية Will 27 Sep - 15 Oct
‘Ilm علم Knowledge 16 Oct - 3 Nov
Qudrat قدرة Power 4 Nov - 22 Nov
Qawl قول Speech 23 Nov - 11 Dec
Masá’il مسائل Questions 12 Dec - 30 Dec
Sharaf شرف Honour 31 Dec - 18 Jan
Sulṭán سلطان Sovereignty 19 Jan - 6 Feb
Mulk ملك Dominion 7 Feb - 25 Feb
Ayyám-i-Há ’ايام الهاء Intercalary Days 26 Feb - 1 Mar
‘Alá’ علاء Loftiness 2 Mar - 20 Mar
(during the month of ‘Alá’, Bahai's fast)


VAHID CYCLES (19 years long each)
No. ArabTranslit Arabic English
1 Alif أﻟﻒ A
2 Bá’ باء B
3 Ab أب Father
4 Dál دﺍﻝ D
5 Báb باب Gate
6 Váv وﺍو V
7 Abad أبد Eternity
8 Jád جاد Generosity
9 Bahá' بهاء Splendour
10 Ḥubb حب Love
11 Bahhá jبهاج Delightful
12 Javáb جواب Answer
13 Aḥad احد Single
14 Vahháb وﻫﺎب Bountiful
15 Vidád وداد Affection
16 Badí‘ بديء Beginning
17 Bahí بهي Luminous
18 Abhá ابهى Most Luminous
19 Váḥid واحد Unity

Answer 3

Where do you think the concept of minute and hour came from, along with the concept of 12 hours in a day and 12 hours in the night, with there being a 24 hour total day? It came from the Babylonian culture, and was adopted by the Jews during the time they were captives. And Jesus didn't have a problem with this, even citing that there are 12 hours in a day. So we use "pagan" names for the days of the week. Big deal. Ever look at the Hebrew calendar? There is a month called Tammuz. Who was Tammuz? .

Answer 4

LOL. And here I thought Wednesday was the day the people on the other side of the loch celebrated the wedding of the loch monster "Nessie". Nessie's Wedding Day.
Seriously, many pagan things have survived till this day...but there are no "gods" living up on the tops of any mountains, any more than there are any tortured souls screaming in the depths of the earth.
That's as it ought to be. Think about it...the Creator would not be a part of His creation...He existed before it...call it another dimension, if you like, but stop trying to reduce the true Creator to the status of human 'gods'.

Answer 5

and friday is the day of Jesus and every first friday His sacred heart, Saterday is the day of the blessed virgin Mary, and sunday is, the lords day, , actally, every day of the year is associated with a saint, and just because they have "pagan" names does not mean we follow the religion...gosh if that were true then everyone in the whole milky-way galaxy is bummed...you know what its named after right? besides, these are dead religions, what you call somthing and how you feel about the name is very different. we call our priests father, but not the same way we call God Father! I give much more respect to the way I say Father! to God then when I say "father" to a priest! (and one more thing....if I went around using a diiferent name fore every day of the week, no one would understand me, and I would not make sense)

but have a nice time with that information, because it really means very little to me...and most of the world!

:D

Answer 6

We're not worshipping the days, so what does it matter? Show me in the bible where it is wrong to call something by the name it's given. Christianity is not like other religions. Our God is strong enough to free us from the world's entrapments.

People like you crack me up. You come out with asinine logic like this and then turn around and say WE judge YOU.

Stop being such a hypocrite and try using your brain for once.

Answer 7

Thank you, but I think I will stick with the conventional names. Paganism has no interest for me. Seems like a lot of typing to be so uninteresting. Boring.

Answer 8

YOU are a profound researcher!

So??

How about a diatribe on AD, BC and the Gregorian Calendar and others.

The world will be a better place with your info.!

Answer 9

Does it really matter what its called?

We name the stars and planets by mythological gods, too. Who cares? It's not religion, its nomenclature!

Answer 10

So what?
and anal sex is still called Sodomy, what do you call it?

Point is, since the names of the days of the week are not a form of worship, what is your big gripe?(:-o)

Answer 11

So what happened to Sunday? How did Sunday get it's name?