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The Days of the Week

The Days of the Week. Joe Baldwin Genius Hour. Monday. Means “Moon Day” or “Day of the Moon” Originates from Latin “Luna” meaning “moon” and the Anglo-Saxon “ m onandaeg .” Sacred day of the Greek/Roman goddess of night, Artemis/Diana

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The Days of the Week

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  1. The Days of the Week Joe Baldwin Genius Hour

  2. Monday • Means “Moon Day” or “Day of the Moon” • Originates from Latin “Luna” meaning “moon” and the Anglo-Saxon “monandaeg.” • Sacred day of the Greek/Roman goddess of night, Artemis/Diana • Oddly enough, the Japanese word for Monday is Getsuyoubi, which also means “day of the moon”. Spanish: Lunes Italian: Lunedi French: Lundi German: Montag Dutch: Maandag

  3. Tuesday • Comes from Norse god Tyr, the God of War. • Means “Tyr’s Day” but in most other languages it comes from the Latin “Mars day” (Mars is the Roman god of war, Ares in Greek). • The German and Dutch words mean “Assembly Day”, most likely as a symbol of war since many nations would gather for war in ancient times. • Spanish: Martes • Italian: Martedi • French: Marti • German: Dienstag • Dutch: Dinsdag

  4. Wednesday • Comes from Wodanor Wodanaz, the Old-English spellings of the Norse god Odin, the king of the gods. • In the Romance languages, it is derived from the Latin “Mercury’s Day”; Mercury (Hermes) being the god of messages and travel. • Spanish: Miércoles • French: Mercredi • Italian: Mercoledi • German: Mittwoch (Midweek) • Dutch: Woensdag (Wodan’s Day)

  5. Thursday • Comes from Norse god Thor, the God of Thunder. • Means “Thor’s Day”, but in the Romance languages it is derived from the Latin “Jove’s Day”. Jove is another name for Jupiter (Zeus), the king of the gods. • In Germanic languages, Thursday is derived from the word for thunder: Donner or Donder, as Thor is the god of thunder. • Spanish: Jueves • French: Jeudi • Italian: Giovedi • German: Donnerstag • Dutch: Donderstag

  6. Friday • Named in honor of Norse god Frigg: queen of the gods, Thor’s mother, and Odin’s wife. • In the Romance languages, Friday is derived from the Latin "Venus's Day”; Venus (Aphrodite) being the Roman goddess of beauty and love. • Spanish: Viernes • French: Vendredi • Italian: Venerdi • German: Freitag • Dutch: Vrijdag

  7. Saturday • Named after the Roman god Saturn, the father of the gods. • In some other languages, Saturday is simply referred to as the Sabbath day, a holy day of the Jewish and Christian faiths. • Spanish: Sábado (Sabbath) • French: Samedi • Italian: Sabato • German: Samstag or Sonnabend (“Sun’s eve”, the day before the day of the sun) • Dutch: Zaterdag

  8. Sunday • Literally means “day of the sun”, traditionally the holy day for most religions and cultures. • In Romance languages, it is derived from the Latin diesdominca: “God’s day”. • In most cultures (primarily Greek/Roman), the chief god is associated with the sun, such as Zeus (sometimes Apollo), Odin, and God in Greek, Norse, and Christian beliefs. • Spanish: Domingo • French: Dimanche • Italian: Domenica • German: Sonntag • Dutch: Zontag

  9. Works Cited • Hamilton, Edith, and Steele Savage. Mythology,. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1942. Print. • "Mythical Creatures Guide." Search Results -. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 May 2014. <http://www.mythicalcreaturesguide.com/page/Norse+Mythology URL or keyword...>. • "Origin of the names of the days." Encyclopedia Mythica:. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 May 2014. <http://www.pantheon.org/miscellaneous/o

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