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Originally Posted by Pem
Days of the week are named after various things ;
Sunday - The Sun (obvious really)
Monday - The Moon
Tuesday - Teu (sp ?) - a God
Wednesday - Woden - a god
Thursday - Thor - a god
Friday - Frigg - A God (ess ?)
Saturday - Saturn (a god, not the planet).
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Regarding the Gods, most of these are Viking Gods. As I remember from history lessons, Thor rode his cart across the clouds, and this made a bit of a racket. We call it 'thunder' these days. I.e the word thunder and thursday both derive from Thor.