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minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up40·2 days agoBonus panel: Moon enters with shit-eating grin.
minus-squarecriticon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-22 days agoI’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
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 days agoI 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
minus-squarecriticon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoI knew English names were the Nordic gods but I didn’t now they equated to the Roman gods/planets. TIL
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoSaturn 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.
minus-squareMalgas@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 hours agoTuesday and Friday are named for Tyr and Frigg, respectively.
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 hours agoOh TYVM! Tuesday is named after Týr (‘Týr’s day’), rather than Mars, in English and other Germanic languages – https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Týr The English weekday name Friday (ultimately meaning ‘Frigg’s Day’) bears her name. – https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigg
Bonus panel: Moon enters with shit-eating grin.
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
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
I knew English names were the Nordic gods but I didn’t now they equated to the Roman gods/planets. TIL
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.
Tuesday and Friday are named for Tyr and Frigg, respectively.
Oh TYVM!
– https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Týr
– https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigg