Posted: Dec 03, 2011 7:27 pm
Globe wrote:monkeyboy wrote:I'm pretty sure all our days are named for pagan gods or objects of worship.
Monday- Moon day
Tuesday -Escapes me for the moment. Tyr's Day (Tyr was the norse god of war)
Wednesday- Woden's day
Thursday- Thor's day
Friday- Freya's day
Saturday- Saturn's day
Sunday- kind of obvious really.
I like that we've stuck to the old ways rather than pander to Xian nonesense.
Fixed
I think you might find that was Tiw's Day, from the Old English name for the same one-handed* god.
* Fenrir bit the other one off