about viking gods that were used as week day names made and written by paxton schweigert about...
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ABOUT V IK ING GODS THAT WERE USED AS WEEK DAY NAMES MADE AND WRIT TEN BY
PAXTON SCHWEIGERT
About Viking Gods
MONDAY IS NOT NAMED AFTER A GOD IT IS JUST AFTER FOR MOONS
DAY
Monday
TUESDAY IS NAMED AFTER THE GOD TRY. TYR IS A DEFENDER GOD
IN VIKING MYTHOLOGY AND THE GERMANIC GOD OF WAR AND THE
SKY
Tuesday
W E D N E S D AY I S N A M E D A F T E R T H E G O D W O D E N . M I D D L E E N G L I S H T I W E S D AY O R T E W E S D AY
O L D E N G L I S H T I W E S D Æ G " T I W ' S ( T I U ' S ) D AY "L AT I N D I E S M A RT I S " D AY O F M A R S "
A N C I E N T G R E E K H E M E R A A R E O S " D AY O F A R E S " W O D E N I S T H E C H I E F A N G LO - S A XO N / T E U T O N I C G O D .
W O D E N I S T H E L E A D E R O F T H E W I L D H U N T. W O D E N I S F R O M W O D " V I O L E N T LY I N S A N E " + - E N " H E A D S H I P " .
Wednesday
THURSDAY IS NAMED AFTER THE GOD THOR. MIDDLE ENGLISH
THUR(E)SDAYOLD ENGLISH THURSDÆG
OLD NORSE THORSDAGR "THOR'S DAY"
OLD ENGLISH THUNRESDÆG "THUNDER'S DAY"
LATIN DIES JOVIS "DAY OF JUPITER"ANCIENT GREEK HEMERA DIOS "DAY
OF ZEUS". THOR IS THE NORSE GOD OF
THUNDER. HE IS REPRESENTED AS RIDING A CHARIOT DRAWN BY
GOATS AND WIELDING THE HAMMER MIÖLNIR. HE IS THE DEFENDER OF THE AESIR, DESTINED TO KILL AND
BE KILLED BY THE MIDGARD SERPENT.
Thursday
F R I D AY I S N A M E D A F T E R F R E YA T H E G O D M I D D L E E N G L I S H F R I D AY
O L D E N G L I S H F R I G E D Æ G " F R E YA ' S D AY "C O M P O S E D O F F R I G E (G E N E T I V E S I N G U L A R O F
F R E O ) + D Æ G " D AY " (M O S T L I K E LY )O R C O M P O S E D O F F R I G " F R I G G " + D Æ G " D AY "
( L E A S T L I K E LY )G E R M A N I C F R I J E - D A G A Z " F R E YA ' S (O R F R I G G ' S )
D AY "L AT I N D I E S V E N E R I S " V E N U S ' S D AY "
A N C I E N T G R E E K H E M E R A A P H R O D I T E S " D AY O F A P H R O D I T E "
F R E O I S I D E N T I C A L W I T H F R E O, M E A N I N G F R E E . I T I S F R O M T H E G E R M A N I C F R I J A Z M E A N I N G " B E LOV E D , B E LO N G I N G T O T H E LOV E D O N E S ,
N O T I N B O N D A G E , F R E E " .
F R E YA ( F R I A ) I S T H E T E U T O N I C G O D D E SS O F LOV E , B E AU T Y, A N D F E C U N D I T Y (P R O L I F I C
P R O C R E AT I O N ) . S H E I S I D E N T I F I E D W I T H T H E N O R S E G O D F R E YA . S H E I S L E A D E R O F T H E VA L K Y R I E S A N D O N E O F T H E VA N I R . S H E I S
C O N F U S E D I N G E R M A N Y W I T H F R I G G .
Friday
SATURDAY IS NAMED AFTER THE PLANET SATURN
Saturday
SUNDAY IS NAMED AFTER THE SUN
Sunday