days of the week, month meaning

[egp320i]

Really interesting, did anybody know this? If not, now you do

Sunday: Named after the Sun (Sun's Day).Monday: Named after the Moon (Moon's Day).Tuesday: Named after Tyr, the Norse God of War.Wednesday: Named after Woden (Odin), the Norse All-Father.Thursday: Named after Thor, the Norse God of Thunder.Friday: Named after Frigg/Freya the Norse Goddess of Love and Home.Saturday: Named after Saturn, the Roman God of Time and Agriculture.

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And here are the months for you as well:

January: Named after Janus, the two-faced God of Beginnings.February: Named after Februa, the Roman ritual of purification.March: Named after Mars, the Roman God of War.April: Named after Aperire, the Latin word for "to open" (like flowers).May: Named after Maia, the Goddess of Growth and Spring.June: Named after Juno, the Goddess of Marriage and Queen of Gods.July: Named after Julius Caesar, the Roman leader.August: Named after Augustus Caesar, the first Roman Emperor.September: From "Septem," meaning the 7th month.October: From "Octo," meaning the 8th month.November: From "Novem," meaning the 9th month.December: From "Decem," meaning the 10th month.

The "Broken" Math​

You might have noticed that December means "10," but it’s our 12th month.

This happened because the very first Roman calendar only had 10 months (it started in March and ended in December). The winter period was just a "nameless" gap of about 60 days. Eventually, they added January and February to the beginning, which pushed all the "numbered" months two spots back.


so the next time you go back to work think.......ugh, another moon day

 

[toobfreak]

Saturday: Named after Saturn, the Roman God of Time and Agriculture.

Since you have an interest in astronomical nomenclature, I'll add a few details about Saturn:

• Saturn and Saturday both had an explicit connection with time. Saturn is both connected with the God Chronos and as the bringer of old age. Saturn was the Father of Neptune. Chronos was the 1st and one of the 12 original Greek gods The Titans, with Uranus being the Father of the Titans which is why Uranus is the ruling house of Saturn.

The winter period was just a "nameless" gap of about 60 days.

I actually like that system and conceptualization of the year! It makes sense.

 

[braalian]

The winter period was just a "nameless" gap of about 60 days.

Wasn’t that confusing?

 

[toobfreak]

Wasn’t that confusing?

What was confusing? It had a beginning, it had an end, and it had a name. It was winter-time.

 

[fncceo]

The winter period was just a "nameless" gap of about 60 days.

I'm betting that had a name for Winter but I'm also guessing that it was prefixed by the Norse equivalent of "f...ing"