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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I'm Spanish all the days of the week are named after the planets, the moon and the Sun

Lunae Dies' en honor a la diosa Luna, es lunes.

'Marti Dies', en honor al dios de la guerra, Marte, y es martes.

'Mercurii Dies', en honor al dios del comercio, es miércoles

'Jovis Dies', en honor a Júpiter, dios de dioses, es jueves.

'Veneris Dies', en honor a Venus, diosa del amor, es viernes.

'Saturni Dies', en honor a Saturno, dios de la agricultura, es sábado

'Solis Dies', en honor al dios Sol, es domingo

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I mean in English it's

Sun

Moon

Tyr (Mars)

Odin (Mercury)

Thor (Jupiter)

Freya (No roman counterpart, arguably occupies the same function as Venus)

Saturn

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

I knew English names were the Nordic gods but I didn't now they equated to the Roman gods/planets. TIL

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

people starting the week with sunday will never cease to inflict psychic damage

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Saturn is also how we get Saturday in English.

Wednesday comes from Woden's Day, an alternative spelling of Odin's Day.

Which leads us to Thor's Day: Thursday.

I don't know where we get from Mars to Tuesday and Venus to Friday though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Tuesday and Friday are named for Tyr and Frigg, respectively.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Oh TYVM!

Tuesday is named after Týr ('Týr's day'), rather than Mars, in English and other Germanic languages

The English weekday name Friday (ultimately meaning 'Frigg's Day') bears her name.