The names of the days of the week came to us from the mythological gods of Ancient Rome. It was the Romans who were the first to begin their days at midnight, while the ancient Babylonians began theirs at sunrise and the ancient Jews, at sunset.
Sunday was named because it was the day sacred to the sun.
Monday was named because it was sacred to the moon.
Tuesday was named after Tiw, a god of war.
Wednesday was named after Woden, the leader of the gods.
Thursday was named after Thor, the god of thunder.
Friday was named after Frigge, the wife of Woden.
Saturday was named after Saturn, the god of crops and harvest.
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I hate to change the setting here but I have been studying the greek, Roman, Normanic, and Egyptian gods for many a years being that I am Wiccan it just is part of the deal in learning about other gods plus I am in to Runes…so to correct the post here…its not all Roman gods most are Normanic (Viking) gods not Roman or greek.
Not sure what the days are in Latin, but the days of the week in Italian are not even close to how we spell them in English. Since these gods have similar spellings to our English, the Normanic post may have a point.
Thanks for pointing the Normanic out.
Thor was reponsible for tuesday and thursday (Thor’s day). Freia, god of love, was Friday. Oden, king of the gods was Wednesday. Those are the ones I know from norse history. Greek gods were responsible for the months. Augustus, Julius, etc.
Well for someone to say definitively that they know the origins of day names is simply arrogant. All any one can do is reasearch it and come up with a probability. I can find about 10 other reffrences/books/websites that disagree or have slight changes with every post above me.