ABOUT V IK ING GODS THAT WERE USED AS WEEK DAY NAMES MADE AND WRIT TEN BY

PAXTON SCHWEIGERT

About Viking Gods

MONDAY IS NOT NAMED AFTER A GOD IT IS JUST AFTER FOR MOONS

DAY

Monday

TUESDAY IS NAMED AFTER THE GOD TRY. TYR IS A DEFENDER GOD

IN VIKING MYTHOLOGY AND THE GERMANIC GOD OF WAR AND THE

SKY

Tuesday

W E D N E S D AY I S N A M E D A F T E R T H E G O D W O D E N . M I D D L E E N G L I S H T I W E S D AY O R T E W E S D AY

O L D E N G L I S H T I W E S D Æ G " T I W ' S ( T I U ' S ) D AY "L AT I N D I E S M A RT I S " D AY O F M A R S "

A N C I E N T G R E E K H E M E R A A R E O S " D AY O F A R E S " W O D E N I S T H E C H I E F A N G LO - S A XO N / T E U T O N I C G O D .

W O D E N I S T H E L E A D E R O F T H E W I L D H U N T. W O D E N I S F R O M W O D " V I O L E N T LY I N S A N E " + - E N " H E A D S H I P " .

Wednesday

THURSDAY IS NAMED AFTER THE GOD THOR. MIDDLE ENGLISH

THUR(E)SDAYOLD ENGLISH THURSDÆG

OLD NORSE THORSDAGR "THOR'S DAY"

OLD ENGLISH THUNRESDÆG "THUNDER'S DAY"

LATIN DIES JOVIS "DAY OF JUPITER"ANCIENT GREEK HEMERA DIOS "DAY

OF ZEUS". THOR IS THE NORSE GOD OF

THUNDER. HE IS REPRESENTED AS RIDING A CHARIOT DRAWN BY

GOATS AND WIELDING THE HAMMER MIÖLNIR. HE IS THE DEFENDER OF THE AESIR, DESTINED TO KILL AND

BE KILLED BY THE MIDGARD SERPENT.

Thursday

F R I D AY I S N A M E D A F T E R F R E YA T H E G O D M I D D L E E N G L I S H F R I D AY

O L D E N G L I S H F R I G E D Æ G " F R E YA ' S D AY "C O M P O S E D O F F R I G E (G E N E T I V E S I N G U L A R O F

F R E O ) + D Æ G " D AY " (M O S T L I K E LY )O R C O M P O S E D O F F R I G " F R I G G " + D Æ G " D AY "

( L E A S T L I K E LY )G E R M A N I C F R I J E - D A G A Z " F R E YA ' S (O R F R I G G ' S )

D AY "L AT I N D I E S V E N E R I S " V E N U S ' S D AY "

A N C I E N T G R E E K H E M E R A A P H R O D I T E S " D AY O F A P H R O D I T E "

F R E O I S I D E N T I C A L W I T H F R E O, M E A N I N G F R E E . I T I S F R O M T H E G E R M A N I C F R I J A Z M E A N I N G " B E LOV E D , B E LO N G I N G T O T H E LOV E D O N E S ,

N O T I N B O N D A G E , F R E E " .

F R E YA ( F R I A ) I S T H E T E U T O N I C G O D D E SS O F LOV E , B E AU T Y, A N D F E C U N D I T Y (P R O L I F I C

P R O C R E AT I O N ) . S H E I S I D E N T I F I E D W I T H T H E N O R S E G O D F R E YA . S H E I S L E A D E R O F T H E VA L K Y R I E S A N D O N E O F T H E VA N I R . S H E I S

C O N F U S E D I N G E R M A N Y W I T H F R I G G .

Friday

SATURDAY IS NAMED AFTER THE PLANET SATURN

Saturday

SUNDAY IS NAMED AFTER THE SUN

Sunday