ORIGIN OF THE NAMES OF THE DAYS The names of the days in some cases derived from Teutonic deities or,such as in Romance languages ,from Roman deities.As the worshipping of the sun increased, the sunsday (Sunday)advanced from position of the day to the first day of the week(and Saturday became the seventh day) SUNDAY:the name of a PAGAN Roman holiday. MONDAY:The name come from the Anglo-saxon monandaeg, the moons day. This second day was sacred to the goddess of the moon. TUESDAY: This day was name after the Norse god Try.The Romans named this day after their war-god mars:dies martis WEDNESSDAY: The day named to honor Wodan(Odin) .The Roman called it dies Mercurlii ,after their god Mercury. THURSDAY:The day named after the Norse god Thor .In the Norse languages this day is called Torsdag. The Romans named this day dies jovis(Joves day),after Jove or Jupiter, their most important god. FRIDAY:The day in honor of the Norsegoddess Frigg. In Old High German this day was served to the goddess Venus, and was known as dies veneris SATURDAY: This day was called dies Saturni, Saturns day by the ancient Roman in honor of Saturn.
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