Monday & Sunday—月亮和太阳 英语中的days of the week一周七天的名称,有着悠久的历史,一方面来自古时候的神话传说,同时也源于古代的人们对天文现象的想象和理解。 中文称为“星期一”的Monday,原本的含义是 Moon's day 或 Day of the Moon,也...
Monday & Sunday—月亮和太阳 英语中的days of the week一周七天的名称,有着悠久的历史,一方面来自古时候的神话传说,同时也源于古代的人们对天文现象的想象和理解。 中文称为“星期一”的Monday,原本的含义是 Moon's day 或 Day of the Moon,也就是“月亮之日”。 由于“星期一”这个说法中包含“一”,中国...
There are a number of modern names imitating the naming of Thursday after an equivalent of “Jupiter” in local tradition In most of the languages of India, the word for Thursday is Guruvāra – vāra meaning day and Guru being the style for Bṛhaspati, guru to the gods and regent of...
named after a Germanic thunder god, well known as "Thor" in Norse mythology.Tuesdayis named after Tiw, a god of law, but also said to be a god of war, which would match up to Mars.Wednesdayis named after the king of the gods, who was Wotan in ancient German and Odin in Norse ...
It is interesting that many days of the week are named after gods of Roman mythology. Tuesday’s Spanish translation ismartes, which comes from the worddies Martisor Mars. Mars is the Roman god of war. In English, Tuesday comes from the Norse God, Tyr, who was also a god of war. Bas...
(Norse) gods in place of the Roman ones for four of the days of the week. Tuesday was named for Tiw, god of war (according to some), corresponding to Mars. Wednesday was named for Woden, god of wisdom and poetry, corresponding to Mercury. Thursday was named for Thor, god of ...
As for Saturday, Germanic and Norse traditions didn’t assign any of their gods to this day of the week. They retained the Roman name instead. The English word “Saturday” comes from the Anglo-Saxon word “Sæturnesdæg,” which translates to “Saturn’s day.” ...
Roman Gods Named Days of the Week However, historians generally agree that it was theRomanswho, a few hundred years later, added many features of the modern 7-day week by adapting the Babylonian system to their world view. From around the 1st century BCE, they introduced a system where eac...