What was tuesday named for

When the Anglo-Saxons took up the seven-day week, they acted like super big copy cats and named their third day of the week after their god of war as well. Or maybe there is just something about Tuesdays that makes calendar-makers super feisty? Toggle navigation Menu. Explore Videos Games. Explore All.

The T-rune was associated with Tyr. Odin can be compared to the Roman god Mercury, so in the Nordic tradition Odin also known as 'Woden' gave his name to Wednesday. Odin is the most prominent god in traditional Norse mythology. He is particularly associated with war luck, royal power, rune power and wisdom.

He rules all things, and is mightier than the other gods, they all serve him as children obey a father. Frigg is his wife, and she knows all the fates of men, though she speaks no prophecy. Odin is called All father because he is father of all the gods. He is also called father of the Slain, because all those that fall in battle are the sons of his adopt on, for them he appoints Valhal. Thor is reminiscent of Jupiter, as they both deal with lightning and thunder.

So this day of the week became Thursday. Thor is in Nordic mythology Sif's husband and was the god of thunder. Thor controlled the weather, and fought the enemies of civilization, who at that time were giants and trolls. He is associated with strength, aggression and reliability. Thor is strongest of all the gods and men. Thor has two he-goats, that are called Tooth-Gnasher and Tooth-Gritter, and a chariot draen by the he-goats.

Venus is the goddess of love, and so is Frigg and maybe also Freya, as they may have originally been the same goddess. Frigg is Odin's wife in Norse mythology. She was perceived as the goddess of marriage. The Jewish week was and still is also divided into seven days, but instead of being based on the planets, this system was tied to the account of Creation in the Hebrew Bible.

These days had numbers, not names, with the seventh day being the Sabbath. Influenced by these cultures and ideas, the ancient Romans eventually dropped their eight-day week and adopted a seven-day week, basing the day names on the known planets, Sun, and Moon and their own deities. This seven-day week system spread to other civilizations, which sometimes adjusted the names to their own language and beliefs. The rest of the day names with which we are familiar stem from Anglo-Saxon names for gods in Teutonic mythology.