Have you ever wondered where the names for our days have come from? Wonder no more.
Sunday, it turns out, is literally extrapolated from "Day of the Sun". Monday is from "Day of the Moon", which leaves more questions than it answers. Most of the remaining days are named after Germanic or Norse "gods".
Tuesday is named for Tiu or Tyr, the god of war. Wednesday is named for Odin, or Woden, who was the "chief god", so to speak.
Thursday, easily understood, is named for Thor - not the movie hero, but the thunder god. Friday is a boon to the fair sex. It's named for Odin's wife, Frigg. There's no proof that her name has led to the anti-curse "friggin". And Saturday is named after Saturn, the Roman agriculture god. Old Roman festivals, with their wild partying, brings us the term "saturnalia". Appropriate?
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