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The names of the days of the week are based on the seven heavenly bodies of traditional astrology that were believed to revolve around the earth and influence events. The seven-day week was incorporated into the Roman calendar in 321 AD and is still used today, with the days named after the sun, moon, and planets Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn in Latin and other languages.

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Weekdays

The names of the days of the week are based on the seven heavenly bodies of traditional astrology that were believed to revolve around the earth and influence events. The seven-day week was incorporated into the Roman calendar in 321 AD and is still used today, with the days named after the sun, moon, and planets Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn in Latin and other languages.

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Days of the Week

The names of the days are based on the seven heavenly bodies used in traditional astrology (the sun, the moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn). These were believed at the time (between 11001500) to revolve around the earth and influence its events. The sevenday week became part of the Roman calendar in
AD

321.

English Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Latin Dies Solis Dies Lunae Dies Martis Dies Mercurii Dies Jovis Dies Veneris Dies Saturni

Saxon SunnandaegSun's Day MnandaegMoon's Day TwesdaegTiw's Day 1 WdnesdaegWoden's 2Day ThunresdaegThor's Day 3 FrigedaegFrigg's Day 4 Saeterndaeg Saturn's Day

German Sonntag Montag Dienstag Mittwoch Donnerstag Freitag Samstag

French dimanche lundi mardi mercredi jeudi vendredi samedi

Italian domenica luned marted mercoled gioved venerd sabato

Spanish domingo lunes martes mircoles jueves viernes sbado

1) Tiw: AngloSaxon name for Nordic Tyr, son of Odin and god of war, closest to Mars (Greek Ares), son of Roman god Jupiter (Greek Zeus). 2) Woden: AngloSaxon name for Odin, Nordic dispenser of victory, closest to Mercury (Greek Hermes), Roman messenger of victory. 3) Thor: Nordic god of thunder, eldest son of Odin, closest to Roman Jupiter (Greek Zeus). 4) Frigg (or Freyja): wife of Odin, the Nordic goddess of love, equivalent to Venus (Greek Aphrodite).

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