and any information to provide why the days of the week are as they are would be appreciated!
:-)
2006-12-27 15:31:54 · 10 answers · asked by lilsxy2000 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The "Tue" of Tuesday is the Germanic god Tiu (also spelled Tiw and Tew according to Wikipedia); the Norse name is Tyr. Since the ancients equated gods from each other's pantheons, the Germanic god Tiu/Tyr was equated with the Roman god of war Mars, which is why Tuesday is named after Mars in the Romance languages (e.g., mardi in French, martedì in Italian, and martes in Spanish), whom the Romans equated with the Greek god Ares.
Interestingly, the word Tiu is cognate (i.e., descended from the same word in a common ancestral language) with the Latin word for a generic god: deus. The word Tiu is also slightly more distantly related to the Greek word Zeus. The Germanic god Tiu played a similar role to Jupiter in the Roman pantheon and Zeus in the Greek one, but of course, the Germans/Norse developed their own legends about him, which you can read in the Wikipedia article on Tyr I included in my sources.
2006-12-27 15:53:44 · answer #1 · answered by Néant Humain 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sunday -- Sun's day
Monday -- Moon's day
Tuesday -- Tiu's day:Tiu (Twia) is the English/Germanic god of war and the sky
Wednesday -- Woden's day: Woden is the chief Anglo-Saxon/Teutonic god. Woden is the leader of the Wild Hunt. Woden is from wod "violently insane" + -en "headship". He is identified with the Norse Odin.
Thursday -- Thor's day: Thor is the Norse god of thunder. He is represented as riding a chariot drawn by goats and wielding the hammer Miölnir. He is the defender of the Aesir, destined to kill and be killed by the Midgard Serpent.
Friday -- Freya's day: Freya (Fria) is the Teutonic goddess of love, beauty, and fecundity (prolific procreation). She is identified with the Norse god Freya. She is leader of the Valkyries and one of the Vanir. She is confused in Germany with Frigg.
Saturday -- Saturn's day: Saturn is the Roman and Italic god of agriculture and the consort of Ops. He is believed to have ruled the earth during an age of happiness and virtue.
Here is link that gives you more information on the days of the week and their background.
http://www.crowl.org/Lawrence/time/days.html#naming
Karma.
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2006-12-27 23:47:59 · answer #2 · answered by angelkarmachic 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tuesday is the day of mars. In Latin based languages like French it is Mardi. There is no Tue. The rest of the days of the week are also named after planets or moons.
Lundi - moon day, Mardi - Mars day, Mercredi- Mercury day, Jeudi - Jupiter day, Vendredi - Venus day, etc.
2006-12-28 07:23:57 · answer #3 · answered by lani 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tue was a German prostitute that wasn't getting enough business. So one day she sacrificied a goat and prayed to Ymir to send her a day that was less busy when she could make a profit. Well, Tuesday has been the best off day ever since to take up business when others are averse.
2006-12-27 23:43:32 · answer #4 · answered by makingthisup 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Tuesday comes from Tiw's day (Tiwesdaeg) the Germanic god of war, or single combat. . The name is related to the name given to the day: dies Martis, the day of Mars--Mars was the Roman God of War, thus the equaivalency to Tiw. Why this day is related to the planet/god Mars is a completely different set of theories.
2006-12-28 01:15:58 · answer #5 · answered by khaber76 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
*rummages through her brain*
Monday-Named for Luna/the moon, derived from northern european "monadaeg"
Tuesday-Named for Tiw, European god
Wednesday- Named for Wotan/Odin the Norse god
Thursday-Named for Thor, ditto
Friday-Named for Frigg, ditto again
Saturday-Named for Saturn, the Roman god
Sunday-Named for the god Sol/Sun/the sun, derived from northern european "sunnandaeg"
The real question should be why did we use a combination of Latin and ancient pagan dietys to name our days.
2006-12-27 23:43:20 · answer #6 · answered by Saffron Zephyr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Monday (moon)
Tuesday - twes - better known as Thor
Wens day - mercury -
Thursday - Jupiter -
Friday - Venus
Saturn day - Saturn
Sunday - sun.
If you know a Latin based language, its easier to see....
2006-12-27 23:42:14 · answer #7 · answered by freshbliss 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Thursday is named for the norse god Thor. Thor's Day.
The others I'm not sure of. Thursday is the only one I remember off the top of my head.
2006-12-27 23:56:17 · answer #8 · answered by willow oak 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i remember back in school, all the days of the wek are named after Roman gods.. tu was the god of war. the rest, i do not remember, but just thought i would at least start a little bit.
2006-12-27 23:35:47 · answer #9 · answered by the_wun_hu_nose 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HELLO!! I am TUE! I wanted my own day and somebody gave it to me.... so there!
2006-12-27 23:41:05 · answer #10 · answered by Dunn 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋