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[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 42 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Bonus panel: Moon enters with shit-eating grin.

[–] criticon@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I'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

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I 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

[–] criticon@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago

I knew English names were the Nordic gods but I didn't now they equated to the Roman gods/planets. TIL

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago

people starting the week with sunday will never cease to inflict psychic damage

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Malgas@beehaw.org 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Tuesday and Friday are named for Tyr and Frigg, respectively.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 months ago

Oh TYVM!

Tuesday is named after Týr ('Týr's day'), rather than Mars, in English and other Germanic languages

-- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BDr

The English weekday name Friday (ultimately meaning 'Frigg's Day') bears her name.

-- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigg