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Hellenistic astrology
- The name "Sunday", the day of the Sun, is derived from Hellenistic astrology, where the seven planets, known in English as Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, the Sun, Venus, Mercury and the Moon, each had an hour of the day assigned to them, and the planet which was regent during the first hour of any day of the week gave its name to that day.
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Sunday. Sunday, as you may be able to guess, is the “Sun’s Day” – the name of a pagan Roman holiday. In many folklore traditions, Sunday was believed to be a lucky day for babies born. Many societies have worshiped the sun and sun-gods. Perhaps the most famous is the Egyptian Sun-god Ra, who was the lord of time.
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When the Christian conquerors brought the Latin days of the week northward, the Germanic peoples connected the Roman gods with their own Norse gods. Later, the Anglo-Saxons would adapt the Nordic days of the week into Old English, which led us to the standard English pronunciations that we’re familiar with today. Some days, like the Roman god Satur...
Sunday and Monday are named after the sun and moon, respectively. Tuesday is named after the god Tyr, Wednesday after Odin, Thursday after Thor, and the Norse goddesses Frigg and Freyja share Friday. The Old Norse word for Saturday is Laugardagr, which means “hot water day” and can also mean “day of bathing.” In Old Norse, “dagr” means day.
Saturday (Laugardagr) is sometimes attributed to Loki. There’s a prevalent theory that Laugardagr was originally Lokesdagr or “Loki’s day.” The modern Germanic Samstag (Sonnabend) owes its roots to Satertag, which was used as late as the 19th century. Satertag comes from the early Germanic words for trickery and deceit. This would connect the Norse...
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Sunday. In the 4th century AD, Emperor Constantine (of the Roman Empire) established the seven-day week we use today. It was apparently believed that there were seven key celestial bodies, and so the names of these seven celestial bodies were used to name the seven days of the week. Sunday, the first day of the week, was named after the sun.
Sunday comes from Old English “Sunnandæg," which is derived from a Germanic interpretation of the Latin dies solis, "sun's day." Germanic and Norse mythology personify the sun as a goddess...
Wednesday is named for the god Woden, who is paralleled with the Roman god Mercury, probably because both gods shared attributes of eloquence, the ability to travel, and the guardianship of the dead. Thursday is Thunor’s day, or, to give the word its Old English form, Thunresdæg “the day of Thunder”.
Sunnudagr – Sunday, the day of the Sun. Sól is a goddess in Norse mythology. 'Sol' means Sun. Over time, the day of the sun became Sunday. In the runic alphabet, the rune-S name is Sun. Mánadagr – Monday. The name Monday is related to the moon. The Latin name for moon is 'Luna', and in French Monday is still called 'Lundí'.
Jan 1, 2018 · Wednesday is named for the god Woden, who is paralleled with the Roman god Mercury, probably because both gods shared attributes of eloquence, the ability to travel, and the guardianship of the...
