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Bonus panel: Moon enters with shit-eating grin.
42 0 ReplyI'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
6 0 ReplyI 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
13 0 ReplyI knew English names were the Nordic gods but I didn't now they equated to the Roman gods/planets. TIL
6 0 Replypeople starting the week with sunday will never cease to inflict psychic damage
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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.
2 0 ReplyTuesday and Friday are named for Tyr and Frigg, respectively.
2 0 ReplyOh 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.
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