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minus-square deadbeef79000 ( @deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz ) linkfedilink25•2 days agoBonus panel: Moon enters with shit-eating grin.
minus-square criticon ( @criticon@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilink4•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-square deadbeef79000 ( @deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz ) linkfedilink2•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-square Malgas ( @Malgas@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•15 hours agoTuesday and Friday are named for Tyr and Frigg, respectively.
minus-square deadbeef79000 ( @deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz ) linkfedilink1•14 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
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